Soleron said:
Europe. Is. Not. Socialist. 1. All of the current major players have centre-right governments (UK, Germany, France) 2. Income "redistribution" is on a similar scale to the US. Medicare/aid costs just as much to the American taxpayer as the NHS costs to a British one. America justs gets less value for Medicare money since they use it to pay private care which includes a profit margin. Same for Social Security and minimum wage - these are on similar scales. 3. You have far more intervention in the economy than us. Your laws are more protectionist; your financial institutions for invasive and your bailouts are more extensive. |
Where did I saw it was? I was using one example of how it's flawed.
1. Compared to the US? Also comparing Europe as one country... seems a bit early for that since Ireland shot down the EU charter.
2. I'd like to see some stats on that. Afterall the US pays a much lower tax rate.
Either way, it's a lot easier to administer to a small island nation of 60,000,000 then it is a sprawling nation of 300,000,000. Even if they coped the UK system the US system would cost a lot more per person.
3. Yeah, i agree with that.
