$3.$ Bower $(2009)$ states that $$the United States has almost entered the normal range of Western European socialism $[$using the above measure$],$ however, the United States$$ enormous spending on the military may skew the calculation$.$ Excluding military spending, the United States is $40\%$ socialist. Aside from the measures given by Bower $(2009),$ what evidence is there that Europe has a more socialist$-$oriented economy than the United States?