As a share of GDP, USA as a federal entity have many (10+) multiples higher budget compared to the EU entities. All the pork and military and other federal spen

As a share of GDP, USA as a federal entity have many (10+) multiples higher budget compared to the EU entities. All the pork and military and other federal spending in the states act as an equalizer. It took you 100 years, 10 depressions and 1 civil war to figure out how that needed to work..