He is right. It is an insidious tax. I have to have earnings to pay income tax, gains to pay capital gains tax, and have to buy things to pay sales tax.

Owning property - for most homeowners - means I have ongoing expenses, no cash flow, and valuation (which the prop taxes are based off) rising on paper, in declining, debased dollars.

Injury to insult, the lions share of it goes to our government schools, which make the post office look well run and useful.