Taxing assets should be opposed at the conceptual level.

We do that with property tax. But taxing someone out of their home is not something we should do lightly. In Indiana, clearing your drainage ditches is required by law. If you don't do it, and it looks like it could cause a problem, the state does it for you. Lots of cooperatives so the drainage ditches get cleared - the area was swampy ya know - and if you don't pay at some point your land may get sold to pay it. Lots of disputes and the power of the state needs to be watched here.

My brother dammed up a teeny rivulet of a stream that crossed his property. The water backed up onto part of his neighbor's property. The state declared it a wetlands and my brother was happy because no houses could be built there. Don't live near my brother.