We have the dollar, they have the Euro. We are a union of states, they are a union of countries. We are not in the exact same situation but when one looks at a map of the richest states and the poorest states, states that receive the most federal money and those that do not, We end up looking kinda like Europe. In any union there will be the rich and poor, ones that can take care of themselves and ones that need help. We as a nation have managed to maintain a relatively happy union through some difficult times. If California were to secede, it would become one of the top 10 richest nations in the world (it may have a lot of debt but it would still have top 10 like GDP numbers). We have kept our nation together by spreading the wealth. We understand that each state has its own advatnages and disadvantages, but all have a healthy contribution to our nation as a whole in some way and Europe needs to understand that about its own members.
Further Reading:
-http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-fiscal-union
-http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/what-the-doomed-euro-zone-can-learn-from-the-successful-dollar-zone/258947/
Further Reading:
-http://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2011/08/americas-fiscal-union
-http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/06/what-the-doomed-euro-zone-can-learn-from-the-successful-dollar-zone/258947/