You are the clueless one AT.  When you stop paying your property taxes the public entitites will alert the credit rating agencies.  They wont wait until full foreclosure.  I am not surprised that you are clueless about this.  Anyone who believes that "a large amount of chaos" is a solution for public financing is obviously not very savvy financially.  Sounds more like an angry lashing out.  But, hey, go for it.  Wreck your credit rating.  That'll teach them!!