Can Obama make us more like Europe?

Obviously you've never been to Europe. They have a huge unemployment rate and way too much taxes hidden everywhere.

Do you know how much a gallon of gas costs in Europe?

A lot of people don't have enough money to afford a car...

It's idiotic to think that we do not pay more taxes and are receiving less benefits than most Europeans.

They may have an onerous income tax but that covers their entire contribution to the Govt.

By the time we pay Income tax AND buy health insurance (that the euros don't buy cause they are covered) we have pretty much caught up.

so lets see.

THEM: Income tax, Vat Tax

US: Federal Income Tax, State income tax (not me I'm in TEXAS) Sales tax, property Tax, Automobile registration (a tax) Health insurance (a self assumed tax because the Govt. does not provide health care...like many europeans get) Gas Tax, Sin tax (cigarettes, alcohol, etc....) and many, many more

Our Govt. does not tax like others but they sure have their hands in our pockets. I'd rather pay one tax, pay less tax and receive full health, retirement benefits like the scandinavian countries

I have always been an advocate for getting rid of wellfare and promoting job placement programs. However no... obama actually wants to double the wellfare taxes.

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Yes, he can...

But guess what? That's not a good thing. At All.

If you like Europe so much, then move there. I'm guessing you'll want to when McCain wins anyway :)

No McCain and Obama are on course to keep us going in the direction of big government debt. get ready its gonna get fun when countries like China and Russia want some of the BILLIONS that they have loaned us back. OOPS! oh well, another great HOPE will come around in about for years to give us a nice distraction to argue about....

We're America and should not want to be like everyone in Europe. Whatever happened to being unique?

Oh, I doubt Obama wants to do that, although anyone with intelligence should look at other peoples' systems to see what works and what doesn't. Nope, Obama wants to make us more like the America we can be and should be, instead of the one that we got distracted into during the Bush presidency.

If we could put a man on the moon, we can make health care more affordable.

I don't want to be more like Europe, I want to be like America, that's what we fought for from the beginning, when our ancestors left Europe.

why...the US does not need to be like Europe .the economy never sleeps. our new President will CHANGE our economic status in the US. thats a concern that we all should want.