Question for nynco: Why is it fair for me to pay substantially more for the same services than you or HoneyBadger or ChunkyMonkey or ...?

I don't mind paying for a public school system I don't use or police and firefighting that I thankfully haven't personally needed. Making sure kids know the basics of functioning as a productive citizen, that our collective homes and neighborhoods are safe are great. Your philosophy however means I should pay more for driving on the same roads, taking the same buses, etc. just because I make more. Let's leave aside how hard I worked to get where I'm at, how many opportunities for "fun" I gave up, etc. because some people are just born into it.

So what? What exactly is fair in your opinion about them paying more for the same services? What is fair about making them subsidize others regardless of how they got where they are? Christian, humanitarian, public-minded ... sure ... how is it FAIR?