He's a copycat. He got the idea from someone who was ticked at their local Government and paid their property taxes in pennies.
I thought the article was well-written....compared to some of the recent threads/posts I have been reading here....<hehem....cough....>
If you think misogynous leanings tacked onto neurotic psychological scaffolding deeply resentful of a father figure which has nothing to do with the articles topic, then I'd agree with you. But I can see how some people might relate to that and make sense of it