Ben Levi,
Greece is facing bankruptcy for two reasons: (1) The former “conservative” government went on a wild (and unsuccessful) spending spree in an attempt to buy the support of voters in last year’s election, and (2) Goldman Sachs’s duplicity.
France’s unemployment rate is currently 10.1%, lower than that in the US. In 2007, when Sarkozy was elected, it averaged 8.7%. You really should spend a few minutes checking your facts before you post here.
And Norway’s per capita gross domestic product is 27% higher than that of the US according to the CIA World Factbook. Would that we had such “foolish” policies in the US!