Oh, Peter Schiff would like to be a serf for the low taxes, would he? Perhaps he would like to be Walter Dolle of Oxfordshire?

In the 1350s, Dolle and the other villeins made an agreement with abbot Nicholas de Upton, the lord of the manor, that permitted them their small tracts of land in exchange for

• an annual rent
• initial monetary fee to be recognized as having the right to farm his land
• a heriot--essentially an estate tax--of the family's best animal
• needed the lord's permission to sell animals
• spend 22 days each year working on the lord's land rather than their own
• needed the lord's permission to get married
• ...and future lords could make conditions worse

And mind you, this is after the Black Death, when serfdom was on the way out and tenants had more negotiating power than ever before. Dolle's renegotiation of his status and obligations was possible because the abbot was so desperate to keep any tenants around working the land. Before that?

• During the spring and summer months, pay a monthly rent
• Work 7 days for the lord at assorted tasks in spring and summer (weeding, carting hay, harrowing, etc)
• give eggs and a hen in the spring
• let the lord's animals graze in his pasture
• during the fall and winter, work 5 days a week for the lord
• ...and also on Sundays if bidden
• had to give the lord a cut of profits from any side business like brewing ale (which would probably have been done by his wife)
• cut wood for the lord at Christmas time
• couldn't marry without permission

So sure, Peter. You go do just that.