I'm married to a European. I have trouble interpreting some of these things as positives. The health care system is completely broken. Many people fall between the cracks and have nothing. We are the only country in which a person with a decent income can go bankrupt from one illness or injury. And the fact that nearly half our people make so little that they cannot even be expected to pay income taxes is NOT a plus ... it just proves our terrible income inequality. Personally, I feel incredible envy for my European friends and family. They have better lives than I do.