Property taxes are an egregious form of existence tax that should be abolished.

“These are what you know we would call what what we should call uh existence taxes. Property taxes, income taxes are existence taxes. You are taxed for existing because owning property and earning a living are basic elements of existing for most people or at least they should be.”

He advocates for significantly reducing or eliminating property taxes on homesteads to ease the cost of living for residents.

“We could eliminate all tax on homestead and they would still have 35% more revenue than they had 7 years ago. Um and so, for me, I'm like, that's a vision that I want to see.”

Heavy reliance on property tax revenue makes many U.S. counties highly vulnerable to fiscal strain when climate risks negatively impact property values.

“a significant number of counties, especially in this middle band up and down the middle of the country that takes 75% or more of their annual general revenue from property taxes alone, which is huge. I mean, imagine something that comes in and deprecates property values even a tiny bit.”