Quote Originally Posted by Tellos Athenaios View Post
A point is that if you talk about your basic infrastructure: the rich tend to use, quite literally, more of it. (More water, more electricity, more tarmac, more real estate.)
And before you say "but I thought I paid the water/electricity/gas company a monthly fee" consider that often enough not all costs are amortized and charged to the customer in that fashion. (The running cost of power grids is amortized per customer; not per watt AFAIK.)
In the US, your examples of infrastructure are not generally paid for through federal income taxes. Water is supplied by a local/county controlled concern in urban/suburban areas, in rural areas it is generally well-water which is the responsibility of the consumer (as well as the septic field). Electricity is paid for by the kwh, so increased usage is dealt with. Most utilities tack on usage taxes (either state or federal) to the bill, but the federal government does not run the infrastructure, it generally just regulates it. Tarmac is paid for through gasoline taxes, if you use more you pay more. Real estate is also taxed at the local/county level.