Ben Levi,
Unemployment in the EU is currently LOWER (9.5%) than in the US (10.4%). And some of the European countries with the most generous social welfare systems have very low unemployment; for example the rate in the Netherlands is 5.7% and in Denmark 4.2%. Norway (not in the EU) has a 3.3% unemployment rate despite some of the highest taxes and most generous social benefits in the world.
Try again.