Property Taxes Are Theft. Florida Is Doing Something About It.

You aren't really the owner of your home if you have to pay rent to the government every year or lose it. That's serfdom. And Americans should not be serfs.

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by Jeffrey A. Tucker
October 6, 2025

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has an absolutely thrilling idea, one I never imagined that I would see unfold in my lifetime.

DeSantis is putting on the ballot next year a referendum that would abolish or restrict local governments from taxing owner-occupied homes. That’s right, he wants to get rid of the property tax, saving residents some $3,400 per year and fundamentally disrupting the way schools and local governments are financed.

Texas is considering the same path.

If this really happens, I can easily predict more of a demographic shift out of the Northeast and Northwest to the South and Texas. If this spreads to more states, it would amount to a revolution in public finance.

It’s long overdue. These tax schemes are brutal on home ownership. Indeed, it’s hard to say that you are ever really the owner of your home if you are having to pay rent to the government every year.