Again, you don't seem to get the concept of what rent is.
You claim the purpose of government property tax is to defend the title. The cost to do this is very very minimal. The government is under no obligation to protect the property. Courts have ruled that this is so.
Ok...So...Government services are needed and taxes are needed to support community services. There are other means of taxation that are far far far more transparent that hiding them in property tax and essentially turning the “owner” into a government renter.
Property taxes are MOST onerous to the poor! Their property taxes are **hidden** in the rent they pay and in the prices of every service and good they purchase. These taxes are paid by all of us but these property taxes are extremely regressive. No one can't escape them or structure their lives in any way to reduce them. Property taxes hit the citizen ( especially the poorest) on the three items they absolutely need for survival: Food, clothing, and shelter!
One of the major factors in homelessness is lack of affordable housing. Well! Property taxes are a **major** factor in causing lack of affordability.
Just wondering.