I believe almost all of our problems would melt away if we simply mandated at all adults pay the same tax amount, not same tax rate, but amount. No one in private industry checks your W-2 then adjusts the cost of a good or service. The intrinsic value of that good or service is determined by the free-market. It should also be so with the services of govt (equal protection).
If everyone paid the same amount, the “takers” would do unto themselves what they would do to us. If you don’t pay, you can’t vote. Govt would quickly shrink to its appropriate and sustainable size.
That is about the dumbest suggestion I have seen in a long time.
Taxation is the term we use when Government takes money from people by force. It has some resemblance to theft.
On the other hand, there are some unavoidable costs associated with maintaining a nation. The most significant and obvious of these is mentioned in the preamble to the Constitution - national defense.
I have long likened citizenship to membership in a club. If you are going to belong to a club, you have to pay your dues. Dues are the same for each member. The same way you have to pay for grounds-keeping in a golf course club, you should have to pay for national defense as a citizen. (Serving in the military could count also).
You know someone won't pay. So what are the consequences? Losing the franchise for the year that you don't pay would be a reasonable solution.