And just to comment on this, the way the US is set up economy wise, it would have a very difficult time trying to do what other "socialist" countries do. Once you go the capitalist direction, its very hard to reverse out of. There would have to a complete economical collapse before we could even think about changing our ways.
I believe that the US has turned what was a good idea in theory (capitalism/free market) and turned it into its own personal shitting pen. Why do I say that? Look around you. How much do you work? Has inflation been in the worker's favor over the last 40 years? Or the CEO's? Some will say "well, maybe you should aspire to be in the 1%". Why? So i can be a greedy piece of shit too? Seems legit.
But, i digress.