[AmericaUnited]

Yea right, Europe is not Socialist. Gross ignorant post #2. Are you a comedian?

[kabar]

And America practices laissez-faire capitalism. Yeah right. America is becoming more and more a social democracy along the lines of Europe. Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, a graduated, regressive tax system that redistributes wealth, government intervention in the marketplace to prevent monopolies, government welfare, unemployment compenstation, etc. On the horizon are prescription drug coverage and a host of other government programs regardless of who is in power.

In America we have creeping socialism. We will wind up at the same place as Europe, just get there a little slower.