We finished paying off our house years ago.

No mortgage.
No bank.
No lender.
Yet every year another property tax bill shows up.
Miss enough payments, and the government can ultimately seize the home you’ve already paid for.
That raises a simple question:
Do you truly own something if you have to keep paying to stay in it?
On top of that, nearly 30% of my income disappears to taxes, and everyday purchases keep getting taxed again through fuel, shopping, investments, and countless fees.
At what point does paying for public services become paying forever?
If you ask me, property tax has no place once a home is fully paid off.