What makes you think we should be taxing income? There are other means of taxing the citizenry and funding the government. Why should we tax the compensation

What makes you think we should be taxing income? There are other means of taxing the citizenry and funding the government. Why should we tax the compensation for work, physical and/or mental, of the population? Better would be to narrow the compliance field to taxing consumption. And in the US we are generally voracious consumers (can speak for the UK).