Government exists for the sole purpose of taxing both the ownership and the transacting of property. All other functions of the government simply serve to legitimize and justify that purpose.
I believe our founders missed the ball and whiffed hard when they did not enshrine the limitation of government from taxing the ownership of private property.
I’d be willing to live with the idea that government can get a cut (rationalized as “taxation”) every time two parties exchange private property, mostly for the sole purpose of funding public infrastructure and even some services (such as defense and protecting public safety). But the moment anyone other than the owner of private property can penalize them for owning that property, private property no longer exists.
It is an illusion.
...and thus, so is the entire system that is built around it.
This is a very cynical view with which I do not agree. Because essentially, you're saying that the people that founded this country did solely for the purpose of being able to raise taxes. I just don't think that makes any logical sense at all considering what they actually did.