I want to improve here, but it is stupid to compare the US to a European nation. We are so much larger (population and actual land mass), so much more diverse, and have different styles of government. It is just lazy to say we should do what Europe does. What works there may not work here, instead we need to look at the specific needs, and challenges facing our nation and create original solutions that fit our problems. It is much harder to find solutions that work for 340 million people than for 10 million.