Every man in a county, a town, a city, or a State is deeply interested in the education of the children of the community, because his peace and quiet, his happiness and prosperity, are largely dependent upon the intelligence and moral training which it is the object of public schools to supply to the children of his neighbors and associates, if he has none himself.The officers whose duty it is to punish and prevent crime are paid out of the taxes. Has he no interest in maintaining them, because he lives further from the court-house and policestation than some others?
Clearly, however, these are matters of detail within the discretion, and therefore the power, of the law-making body within whose jurisdiction the parties live.
KELLY v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH, 104 U.S. 78 (1881)
TANSTAAFL
You apply the phrase interestingly. Apparently, if I cram a lunch down your unwilling throat, and assuming you don't actually choke to death, I can then bill you, and you'll feel obligated to pay. Cool.