[zeku]

Mainly military budget if you google it.

A common American complaint is "subsidizing" European defense off of our tax dollars.

America is also a big spread out place so maintaining it is more expensive than small Euro countries.

On my first point, I think we get a rather strategic advantage from being the "Western" police. However I'm just explaining a common critique you'll hear.

[happymellon]

California pays for NATO?

Other states might end up having similar tax rates, i was just curious what made Californias so high. If that is mostly federal income tax then never mind!

[maccard]

I've no idea what the breakdown of federal vs state tax is sorry, and I actually don't even know how to find out. I'm just a european engineer that has genuinely looked into moving and picked california as a point of reference purely due to the high salaries and QOL factors.

[sgt]

This is why NATO countries need to work harder to meet the 2% defense investment guideline. US citizens are basically paying for the safety of everyone else.