Also it's worth noting that the US has a bunch of nationalised/government controlled services that are privatised in the UK and other parts of Europe, including

Also it's worth noting that the US has a bunch of nationalised/government controlled services that are privatised in the UK and other parts of Europe, including: - Airports and airport security - Postal service (USPS) - Train operators (Amtrak) - Insurance (FCIC, FEMA) - Various municipal utilities and the TVA - Various credit/financial/banking institutions In the UK, we have privatised airports, mail, energy, telephony, water, train operators (though this is sort of changing), and don't have equivalents for many of the government owned finance organisations that the US has. Additionally, many of the private industries in the US are far from free market. The UK's private healthcare industry is arguably more free market than the US's private healthcare industry, although has to compete with the NHS. This isn't a criticism, just to remark that the US certainly isn't afraid of nationalisation and government owned services.