Inequality has risen dramatically over the past few decades. It’s not so much whether the wealthy should be free to pay more for an extra service — it’s a fear

Inequality has risen dramatically over the past few decades. It’s not so much whether the wealthy should be free to pay more for an extra service — it’s a fear that at some point, unless you’re wealthy, you won’t have access to the infrastructure people assumed was equal for everyone. This may be a slippery-slope argument — but cases like water in Flint come to mind.