Oh, my bad, you actually included all of California in your quote. I corrected it to SF because most people understand that California is absolutely massive.
The median household income in California is $80k and of the 40 million in California, very few work in tech.
California actually has extremely progressive tax laws and extremely low property taxes, so while you're right that the actually wealthy folks do pay a European-level of taxation, the working class actually pays a dramatically tax rate than their counterparts in Europe.
Anyone with any knowledge of California knows all of this, so when you made such odd points that seemed to challenge it, I tried to help you by assuming you meant SF.
Point is: the vast majority of Americans pay vastly less taxes than Europeans and no weird focuses on outliers is going to change reality.
Funny side note: I still am the only person who posted OECD apples to apples data, which you have rejected un-critically with no sourcing and nothing but hand waves about your feelings. Hmmm.
The median household income in California is $80k and of the 40 million in California, very few work in tech.
California actually has extremely progressive tax laws and extremely low property taxes, so while you're right that the actually wealthy folks do pay a European-level of taxation, the working class actually pays a dramatically tax rate than their counterparts in Europe.
Anyone with any knowledge of California knows all of this, so when you made such odd points that seemed to challenge it, I tried to help you by assuming you meant SF.
Point is: the vast majority of Americans pay vastly less taxes than Europeans and no weird focuses on outliers is going to change reality.
Funny side note: I still am the only person who posted OECD apples to apples data, which you have rejected un-critically with no sourcing and nothing but hand waves about your feelings. Hmmm.