I mean I paid for it like I would anything else I wanted. They charge a tax at checkout. So if I buy a house and pay the whole thing off, why do I still have to pay taxes on said house when I paid the whole agreed on price in full? It would be like me buying a six pack of beer I pay for it and tax at checkout. But then timely I have to keep paying taxes on the beer even though paid in full?
This is the answer, your property taxes are not for your property alone but all the services provided for you, your children and your community.
If you don’t pay those taxes then that road infront of your home never gets built, the street never get plowed, the bus never picks up your kids.