"Do you think the top 1% of Americans consume significantly more government services than an average 1% of Americans?" They obviously do consume more of about e

"Do you think the top 1% of Americans consume significantly more government services than an average 1% of Americans?" They obviously do consume more of about everything, including government services. Have you compared the cost to government of several McMansions versus a small rental appartment? Policing cost in an affluent neighborhood? The cost of people flying very often versus not or almost not? Of a heavy SUV versus a humble small car? I'm not even touching other externalities like environmental cost... "If not, why should consuming those services cost significantly more money?" One doesn't even need the "if not". This can be a perfectly valid political choice. "It might feel right that rich people should pay more, but that's not how any other market works - why should government services be different?" Because government services are not "any other market". To illustrate that, one could also turn this around and ask "It might feel right that everyone should pay the same, but that's not how government services work. Why should private markets be different?".