I don’t understand why ownership of property should be taxed. And increasingly more and more. Consumption should be taxed. I get that. Why should be income be

I don’t understand why ownership of property should be taxed. And increasingly more and more. Consumption should be taxed. I get that. Why should be income be taxed? Are we being taxed for being productive and making money? It makes no sense to me. It’s like taxing rent. That makes no sense, does it? Why should property be taxes? Why should income be taxed? Inheritance tax is like taxing death. We have accepted taxes as a way of life that we have ceased to question its usefulness and purpose.