There is no denying that a consumption tax disproportionally hits the poor harder than those who benefit most from the government paying the expense of protecting the right to private ownership. It is certainly not fair that the more you own that is being protected the less you should pay for that protection.
That's rather nonesensical. Taxes aren't just being used for protection. The second biggest part of the budget is entitlements, which the wealthy have no use for whatsoever.
With a flat wealth tax, those that have the least pay the least and those that have the most pay the most, both at the same percentage. That's what I call fair. Everyone, rich or poor, pays the same percentage of their wealth.
Except I don't see that hitting the poor much less hard than a consumption tax. Thanks to our tax code the reality now is that the poor and low middle class generally break even at the end of the the tax year in rebates and deductions.