@Bigun
I assume you mean inflation is a tax. As usual, you are absolutely right.
But wait! There's more! More than half of the country either does not pay income tax, or have their taxes offset (or more) via social programs (welfare, child tax credits, etc).
Since they have no direct filings, they might have the impression that the federal government costs them nothing, or offers them a direct gain... Meanwhile a myriad of federal taxes are paid by them along with everyone else in a plethora of 'hidden' taxes -
Fuel taxes being a prime example, that is taxed exponentially across the whole energy landscape, and not just at the retail pump... Fuel is taxed in the machinery digging the fuel out of the ground, in the trucks that ship it to the refinery, in the trucks that ship it from the refinery into general distribution, which covers who knows how many more transportation episodes. An easy third of every gallon in the production system is uncle's rake, not including the direct tax at the retail end. How many more instances exist similar to the tax on fuel?
That on top of the inflation point already well made.
@massadvj @Bigun