I guess "lower taxes" depends what the extra $200 a month in taxes (on a $70k salary in CA rather than UK) gets you in terms of services. Apparently the average

I guess "lower taxes" depends what the extra $200 a month in taxes (on a $70k salary in CA rather than UK) gets you in terms of services. Apparently the average health care cost is $1300 a month, making taxes and other essential expenditure $500 per person per month more in CA than in the UK for a 2 income family on $70k each.