Interesting article by Nolan Finley of The Detroit News.  I’ll leave it up to you to decide if it is a scare tactic; or what Mr. Finley truly believes could happen to these United States.  It might not be that far fetched…
Editorial: Nanny state will turn U.S. into Europe | detnews.com | The Detroit News.

I’m not sure I agree with the author of this article.
The author of the article states: “The passage of the health care law shows that the US empire is declining because it illustrates the fact that people expect the state to take care of them, David Murrin, the co-founder of Emergent Asset Management hedge fund [...]