[ihaveajob]

If anything, the EU is larger and more populated than the US, so even in that case it should be easier to implement anything in the US.

[djrogers]

"The EU" doesn't have a socialized system - most (all?) of the countries in the EU do have distinct, different, and locally funded socialist programs, but "The EU" doesn't.

[nightcracker]

If only the US had distinct and different local government... like states?