I think I'm beginning to see why many Americans are Libertarian or right wing.
I like the idea of keynesian economics, as do many Europeans. A mixed economy, where the various areas of the economy are either public or private, depending on which is the most efficient and effective. Like most of the Europeans liberals on this site I think I've always assumed that American government efficiency =/= European governments efficiency. When this is clearly not the case.
I'm not trying to offend Americans, I'm really not, I'm just being honest. But I can see why so many don't want their government take control of something like healthcare because they can't see the government doing it well.
I'm not saying the European countries are perfect in any way (quite frankly I think the UK police force is criminally inefficient). But it seems like we trust our governments to take control of something like healthcare because we can see them doing it to an effective standard. I think this is where the difference lies.
In which case the US government need to pull it's finger out of its arse and start doing things more efficiently. I don't think I blame Americans for opposing the healthcare reform as much now, because they essentially see it as a promise the government can't keep because it is too inefficient.
