Are we all left-tards here?

Come on now.  Are we?  While I myself wouldn't look for bible-thumping republicans, I think we should at least have a few moderates or radicals like libertarians ETC... 

Or is it the disproportionate european population here?

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Sounds like you have a problem with the libertarian party more than it's policies.  And besides, exactly what do you see wrong with the US anyway? (Besides the whole blood for oil fiasco)

Really though, you're basing your criteria of what a "good" country should be on fairly subjective stuff.   You also have to consider that we have a much higher immigrant population than any of the other countries you mentioned; that has a big effect on our standard of living statistic.

Really, I'll take a low tax rate and be responsable for my own health insurance ETC... any day.