paid for by American taxpayers

Bookworm writes,

...the much-vaunted European socialized “cradle to grave” care that Lefties adore was paid for by American taxpayers. We paid Europe’s defense costs; they got free socialized medicine. During the Cold War, that worked for America. Maybe it doesn’t or shouldn’t anymore, especially since Europe does not seem to be on our side in the war against the Islamists’ efforts to establish a worldwide caliphate.