California is pretty much dollar for dollar equivalent to Australian taxes (which, funnily enough, the IRS classifies as a "high tax country") too. And you get

California is pretty much dollar for dollar equivalent to Australian taxes (which, funnily enough, the IRS classifies as a "high tax country") too. And you get much more for your money in Australia. That's why a lot of US-ians are anti-tax. I think it has a lot to do with not seeing any benefits to paying it -- so they'd rather keep their money and fund private institutions. Of course, that's lose-lose and the country has almost no new infrastructure, terrible health care and no safety net and 8% unemployment. So there's that. But most of these people choose to ignore the elephant in the room, which is military spending. But I presume you can't just say "divert all military spending to Euro-style 'socialist' paradise spending" because then a lot of people would no longer have jobs in the military-industrial complex. TL:DR: nothing is going to change.