Regarding Standard of Living
While it is certainly true that the middle- to upper-middle-class represented by the membership of this forum have a higher standard of living in the US, this is only a small minority of the population - perhaps 20-25%. Of course it is a minority that is commonly exaggerated in number because it is the subject of many TV shows and movies (second only to the rich, who are at most 1 or 2 percent of the population but are obsessed over by popular culture).
As for most people - the working class - they obviously fare far better in social democratic Europe than right-wing America. Doubtless great efforts are being undertaken in Europe to end this egalitarianism post haste.