Reply #12: Europeans do have a better quality of life with a smaller carbon footprint

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Better national health systems -- nonprofit health care, free from fears of bankruptcy for a serious illness or accident

Better mass transit -- sure they cover a smaller land mass, but their great mass transit enables Europeans to travel to other countries more easily, and within their own countries

Better public education

Better food supply -- more whole foods, more monitoring and regulation of food safety, more relaxed enjoyment of sharing meals as leisurely entertainment

More support for small businesses and local markets rather than chain stores that eliminate local businesses by price gouging on products imported from countries with lower wages

Better support for labor unions and less of a gap between CEO and worker pay