Any kind of property tax is the most despicable. If you can be forced to pay property taxes, you do not own your property. You rent your property. This is especially true if they can kick you off your property for failure to pay.

I'd argue that the only pseudo acceptable form of taxation is a sales tax. It is better because you see the tax with every purchase, so people are more likely to vote against it. In theory you can avoid paying by not buying anything. Of course nobody can 100% avoid paying a sales tax because nobody can be 100% self sufficient, but people can work hard to become more self sufficient and therefore cut their taxes.

All taxes are theft, but some are more egregious. I would put property taxes (especially real estate taxes) as the most egregious, followed by income taxes, and then Value Added Taxes.

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