I think it's even more screwed up than that, right? One pays property taxes in order to get the benefits of the people they pay taxes to. It looks like the local and state government have utterly failed to provide the policing, schooling, or other tangible benefits associated with taxes.
There is literally no incentive to abide by that part of the social contract other than the vague fear that they'll be called in one day or forcibly evicted. The state is acting in bad faith.
There is literally no incentive to abide by that part of the social contract other than the vague fear that they'll be called in one day or forcibly evicted. The state is acting in bad faith.