Loading ...Because if the dollars that people coercively pay to the government suddenly stop, then so does the country.
Why would a different tax have any greater legality? You already have sales (consumption) taxes, and thousands of others. The real problem is money, and if you eliminate income tax then the people only pay by some other means, for the government must go on! The hole you are in is so deep, and you are digging so frantically, one day you will break through into a massive underground cave and it will all be over.