[lotsofpulp]

>There's nothing funnier than a lot of people taking some absurd principles for granted when they make no sense at all, property taxes being one of them.

>Make it make sense

The cops/judges/prisons/schools/military/etc that maintain a mostly peaceful and ordered society that prevents someone else from walking onto your property and throwing you out costs money, and costs more money every year. The more land you have, the more it costs, since more time, materials, and energy have to be spent moving around all of that surface area you have "own". Surface area is the costliest thing people consume.

Tax on the improvements on the land, as well as earned income tax are the absurd principles.