I'm curious how you fund government without direct taxes ... Oregon roads are maintain by taxes collected at the fuel pump ... the more we use the roads, the more taxes we pay ... simple ...
Taxes aren't the problem ... the Tax Code is ... elect better congressmen ...
Gas taxes are indirect. Direct doesn't mean that someone doesn't pay them. For example if you go to the gas station, they don't change the tax rate based on your earnings, everyone pays the same rate. They don't look you up. The tax rate is baked into the price.
Also, I hope you're actually a leftist with your bull about government tracking every dollar we earn and telling us to prove it at will not being a direct threat to our liberty