Why Abolishing Property Taxes Is the Obvious Choice for American Homeowners
By the Craig Bushon Show Media Team
In America, we’re taught from an early age that property ownership is the cornerstone of freedom. The Founders believed that owning land and a home represented independence, security, and the promise that through hard work, a person could build something lasting for their family. But today, that promise feels hollow. Because if you have to keep paying the government year after year just to stay in your own home, do you really own it at all?
Property taxes are structured so that even after decades of paying off a mortgage, a homeowner can still lose everything simply by falling behind on taxes. Miss a few payments, and the state can seize and auction off your property. That’s not true ownership. It’s more like paying perpetual rent to the government — a lease that never ends, under threat of eviction.
Abolishing property taxes would change that once and for all. It would deliver immediate relief to millions of Americans who feel crushed by rising costs, especially seniors on fixed incomes who find themselves taxed out of homes they’ve lived in for a lifetime. Imagine the security of knowing that once you’ve paid off your home, it’s truly yours — not the government’s to reclaim if your tax bill spikes beyond your means.
Without property taxes, more families could afford to buy homes in the first place. Dropping this major ongoing expense would open doors for young couples, first-time buyers, and working Americans who today hesitate because they can’t stomach endless annual payments on top of mortgage, insurance, and maintenance. It would also protect existing homeowners from the unpredictable swings in tax bills that come with volatile housing markets. When property values soar, so do taxes, even if your income hasn’t budged. Many people end up forced to sell simply because they can’t afford to pay taxes on paper wealth they can’t spend.
Then there’s the bureaucratic mess. Property taxes rely on complex assessments and endless disputes over valuations, exemptions, and appeals. It breeds confusion and frustration, bloating local governments with entire departments dedicated just to collecting and enforcing these taxes. By eliminating property taxes, we simplify the system dramatically, cutting out waste and removing a costly layer of government intrusion into private life.
It also taps into a deep well of popular support. Across the country, whenever voters have been given a chance to limit or cap property taxes, they’ve jumped at it. That’s because Americans instinctively understand that your home is sacred ground. The idea that you should have to keep paying tribute to keep it is offensive to everything this country stands for.
Some critics argue that without property taxes, local schools and essential services would collapse. But that’s a failure of imagination. We already fund countless priorities through a variety of taxes and fees. If we can rethink federal and state revenue models, we can certainly find ways to support schools and infrastructure without holding homeowners hostage. It’s about priorities — and giving people true ownership of their homes should be at the top of the list.
The truth is property taxes punish people for building wealth the old-fashioned way: by investing in something tangible, by putting down roots, by caring for a piece of America. They transform homeownership from a rock-solid foundation into a lifelong liability. Ending this system isn’t just good policy; it’s a moral imperative.
When you step back, it becomes clear why so many see abolishing property taxes as the obvious choice. It means real ownership. It means more people can achieve the American dream. It means homeowners aren’t forced to live in fear of the tax collector knocking on their door. And it means finally restoring a basic promise: that what you’ve worked for, saved for, and paid off is truly, undeniably yours.
At the Craig Bushon Show, we believe it’s time to make that promise real again. Because the truth is not hate speech — it’s what sets us free. And the truth here is simple: if you have to keep paying, you never really own it. It’s time to fix that, once and for all.
