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Yes I do and my taxes pay for my use. All I expect is others to do the same.
Exactly as most others do. Who said anything about paying taxes? (just you did)
The electricity you need keeps your home cool or heated to keep you healthy, your fridge and stove working to prepare healthy food, etc.
The water is clean for your healthful use.
The waste is removed, through plumbing/sewers/pickup so that your environment is healthy.
The telecommunications that you use, or not, keeps you informed as you choose.
The delivery/use of each of these systems is beneficial for individuals and society collectively.
Because of the widespread use, only one or a small number of regulated providers (corporate or government) effectively controls your access and supply.
Maybe you have some neighbors that use way too much water, or way too much electricity so there are meters to control access/use/extra billing.
But the cost to the individual, and to the aggregated community is cheaper because of the common delivery system.
I just don't see much of a difference from these already normalized, regulated systems for healthy life as much different from basic health care for the same population.
We can agree that overly expensive utilities, ineffective service, etc. are indeed real, but what you generally don't see is a bunch of lawyers, lobbyists, politicians, etc. all grabbing dollars from these established systems, especially at the rate that happens in anything medical/pharma.