Louie -
Try such a social system in a country with 4 times the population, and a much different socio-economic makeup. It works in your country because you have a much different makeup than America.
The reason we argue the social market economy in America is because every phase that we've initiated (retirement, education) has failed abysmally. Our schools are worse than yours, and our pensions (I assume) do not earn near the interest yours do. I fail to see how adding other social programs is going to change their success rate in America.
You have very little immigration and your racial composition has Germans at a majority rate of 91.5%, with a decent bit of the 'other' consisting of immigrants from other highly developed nations (France, UK, Greece). America has twice the immigration rate per capita, and a much larger skewing from poor countries. So our problems are different.
I'm glad it works in your country. But given the American track record, I think we're in a different position and makeup that demands more private based solutions than government solutions.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
