Not driving is not the same as not benefitting from any of the roads, is it.  There goes your flawed analogy.  General aviation benefits only those who fly on private small aircraft.  The general public at large doesn't benefit from it. You receive a definite benefit from the public roads. Your groceries, your clothing, the contents of your dwelling, all of these items were made available to you because of the public road system.  Whether the tax to support them is levied directly or indirectly on your income is not germane.  The tax might be hidden in the cost of the goods you use, but that doesn't mean you aren't paying fuel taxes, registration fees, excise taxes on tires, hazardous waste disposal fees or any of the other taxes used to support the public roads.  Up until this moment, you just didn't realize you were paying those taxes for the people who operate commercial vehicles on the public roads when you purchased their goods.  😉