Partisan warfare is essentially organized looting. Now, would you rather go about your day peaceably, or be continually weighed by concerns beyond your ken best handled by the local, state and national constabulary?
One might read up on those "homeowners" who paid no tax in 1840's Texas, with more than a bit of concern for Mexican, Comanche and worse shadows across the pasture. Societies can rapidly devolve.
As irritating as property tax may be, it is local. The benefits are clear. Instead, think about the basis of civilization being agriculture, that the food is kept under lock & key. By contrast, the hunter-gatherer of 99% of mans history never goes hungry . . . ditch the house, Frank.
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