Many people revolt at the very thought of property taxes; their gut instincts telling them that there’s something fundamentally wrong about taxing homeownership, imposing an artificial condition for keeping a roof over a family’s heads — especially when that family owns the property and enjoys it peacefully, respecting the rights of their neighbors. Truth be told, their instincts are more than valid. They are right to revolt, and they are more than entitled to do so. After all, this is just as we as humans have evolved to do: to protect our families and to defend our homes. And the property tax is not just a direct assault upon the home; it is thereby an attack upon the whole family unit, an attack upon the very institution and sanctity of family, and upon the idea that they are each secure in their persons, property, and effects. While the politicians point to programs and services that get their funding through property taxes — a form of ‘consequentialist justification’ or excu...