Assumes facts not in evidence.
Facts:
The progressive income tax is noted as a major plank in Karl Marx’s ten-point plan for a communist society (p. xx–1) as are government schools
Tax confiscations are limited only by the people’s willingness to tolerate it; politicians have no limit to what they would take
The U.S. survived with no income tax for most of its history
The war of 1861–1865 was not a civil war, but a war for independence from the national government (Thomas Woods)
Corporations don’t pay taxes; only individuals do
The employer’s share of Social Security and Medicare is actually paid by the employee
Corporations move offshore to avoid the high US tax rates
There have been ten thousand amendments to the simplified tax code of 1986, all to the benefit of those lobbying for the changes (are you one of these?)
The IRS: Still a Grave Threat to FreedomM
IRS Abuses Offer Insight Into Dangers of Wiretap Program
There's a lot more.
Of course, if you're one of the abusers, then you don't really care.