No taxation without consent

American colonists revolted against the British government under the banner “no taxation without representation.” The banner for the new property tax revolt in America is “no taxation without consent.”

The first property tax revolt was launched by Proposition 13 in California in the 1970s. Double-digit inflation rates increased the assessed value of homes, and property taxes were increasing more rapidly than the inflation rate. Inflationary increases in property taxes were literally taxing California citizens out of their homes.