Wow. I guess we struck a nerve, didn't we? If as you argue, one cannot consume nothing, then one cannot pay no taxes (how's that for convoluted negatives?). In other words, if you live and breath then you will pay taxes. A consumption tax merely adjusts taxation to the greatest consumptive footprint. Isn't that a good thing?

I'm not a fanatic about taxation, I simply think that where practical, use taxes are more fair than general taxes.

I like toll roads where practical like closed access highways, but fuel taxes could easily cover the funding of all roads -- if you don't consume fuel the chances are your contribution to roadway degradation is negligible. If you consume 100 gal/day then the chances are that your contribution to roadway degradation is something greater than negligible.