Madman-

For some people, individuals and companies cannot pay enough taxes. I heard a lady on the radio say that she would pay 75% of her income to the government if we had free healthcare.

People like you and me don't like income taxes. We are getting taxed for being productive members of society. Being a business owner, I get taxed twice; once for my company profits, and yet again on any personal income from the company.

I am much more inclined to pay a consumption tax like the gasoline tax because 1) I am consuming a good and 2) I consume the roads, the traffic lights, and the road maintenance workers so I can get about in a timely manner. I am strictly opposed to an income tax, and I am especially oppposed to taxes being taken from one consumption and used in another area (i.e. property taxes being used for anything else besides public education.)