Your post makes damn good sense. Most Americans have not a clue as to what is taking place in Europe ever since they went on the Euro dollar. But it goes further than that as living under a socialist structured system actually destroys a country. Europe might as well be living under a communist country in that there are too many holidays, too high of taxation on "income", and nobody there has the desire to invest. As long as the State continues to provide for individuals over in Europe, the individual lives for the State. And as long as the individual lives for the State the individual is recognized as a subject. Russia is one example and China is another.
I look at the Marshall Plan as a socialist incentive not to re-build an economy but to keep it
Too bad American cannot education her citizens, but the Federal Govt made a mockery of higher education which had the trickle down effect of poor elementary education, backed now by the NTA and NEA (both liberal socialist nonperformance entitlement entities).
We will be okay as our new president has a plan that is now in place that will last 10-years, the dept of homeland security - it will have the effect of reorganizating the federal government and tie up any future adminstrations for the next 10-years! It is a Republican version of the The Deal or Civil Rights Act with the same effect, to preputate the party that implemented it:)