Taxation is not based on how much of something you can do or need. It's based on the concept of finite supply, which means you having something is coming at a c

Taxation is not based on how much of something you can do or need. It's based on the concept of finite supply, which means you having something is coming at a cost to someone else. You are paying for the opportunity to have it at another person's expense. So tax, in it's original format is meant redistribute or rebalance that opportunity cost.