No, you don't hear me saying that at all. In fact, you have heard me say that I don't care much for the income tax, as I think there are better alternatives. But at the same time, as long as it is the law and is constitutional, I'm not going to spend much effort on changing it. Others can, and I support that. Taxes of some sort are a necessity to maintain our military, our infrastructure, and to carry out the laws of the state and Nation. How much and what those laws are are discussions for another thread.
The very existence of the income tax is, in a practical sense, an acknowledgment that government owns every single thing that you can produce, either by your skill or by the sweat of your brow. Any portion you get to keep is based on their whim.
But as you know, the people get the last word. And as long as the people make no effort to amend the Constitution or to otherwise force the Congress to change tax systems, it will remain so.
Ah. The loss of liberty through laziness. That's a pretty common affliction throughout history...
But...but...you just said that, while you know the income tax is bad, you're not willing to expend any energy to change it.