Number 3 is a bit odd... Anyone in the western world can call themselves an American, but they choose not to

I have friends and family who have Lived in other Countries.

And American still rates higly good compared to everything those other countries do.

Most of Europe uses V.A.T. tax. Value added tax. We pay sales of anywhere from 5% to 9%. Vat, could be as much as 30%, on some items. They can have their doofus soccer.


Since I have no plan to ever go to Europe, I don't care what they do. There's too much to see in America.

and,lets not forget that we are just about the only industrialized country in the world that doesn't offer its citizens health care as a right,while we are STILL paying even MORE in medical bills that the countries that DO offer health care to its citizens,a great percentage of which is already being paid for out of our tax money by medicare,and for programs for people who cant afford to pay the super high prices for the health care that they need to keep themselves alive.

since we are already paying the money for it,anyway,we might as well ALL get it.and regulate the market so that it wont cost nearly as much,like it does for medicare.
[MEDICARE DOESNT PAY NEARLY AS MUCH for the same healthcare that private citizens,and insurance companies pay out the @$$ for,because THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED to RAPE/charge the government the outrageous prices that they charge private citizens,and insurance companies!!!]