It seems obvious to me that too high taxes are the real problem here. If the tax rate makes owning a piece of property unsustainable, then no matter what your

It seems obvious to me that too high taxes are the real problem here. If the tax rate makes owning a piece of property unsustainable, then no matter what your political-economic beliefs you have to agree, right? I say this as a supported of property taxes (as a stand-in for ground rent owed to the true owners of the land, the commons. Read up on Georgism or Geolibertarianism to understand what I'm talking about).