Property tax is the most evil tax of our time.
Long ago, it used to be that wealth was strongly tied to the land. People of that time weren't charged so much a tax on land, but a tax on what they raised on that land. Ten percent of what you raised/grew that year.
Today, only a very few people actually use their land to produce wealth, but we are still charged a tax as if we do.
Even worse, we are taxed the same whether we had a good crop or a bad crop or even if we were unable to sell any of it.
Property tax today is a tax on living. If you are breathing and not living under a bridge, you owe the govern-cement money. Think about that. You want to stay warm and dry, so you have to pay the govern-cement rent each year or they will kick you out on the street.
Even worse, the cost of housing goes up every year. And the govern-cements are quick to capitalize on this and raise everyone's property tax. And this just squeezes everyone a little more. But, what is truly evil about this is that this rise in housing cost is almost entirely the fault of the banks. (Remember, our govern-cement is just an extension of the central bank)
When banks went from 5 year loans, to 15 year loans, to 30 year loans each step made the price of houses go up. Every time they lowered the interest rate, the price of houses went up. And each time the lowered the down payment requirement, the price of houses went up. All the baby boomers thought it was great, the houses they bought for a low price, are now worth 100s of times more. What's not to like? Except that pesky property tax went up a 100 times too. (and the millenial generation is now almost completely priced out of home ownership.)
The beginning of property tax in america is even worse. While we were all fighting for our freedom from taxation, a faction of what would become The US govern-cement was urging states to adopt a property tax. So, many soldiers who fought the British returned home to find their homes being foreclosed on due to having not paid their property taxes.
To sum up, property taxes would be an appropriate tax if the govern-cement accepted as payment part of what we produced on that property. But today, it is just a tax on having a comfortable place to sleep.