Op.....
Everyone pays taxes....we have so many different taxes my head spins trying to keep up...
Income taxes- state and federal, sales taxes, corporate taxes of which consumers pay, tariff duties, of which consumers pay, excise taxes, cigarette taxes state and federal, gasoline taxes state and federal, payroll taxes- social security and medicare taxes, property taxes, licencing fees...driver's, hunting, fishing, utility taxes, alcohol taxes...
No one, and I mean no one....goes through life in America, without paying several forms of taxes... No way around it!