What makes the U.S superior to Europe is that there still is a tiny sliver of entrepreneurial spirit left, here; whereas Europe has been rotted to the core by the disease of Socialism.
The European Union is the largest economy on earth, many of its countries have more economic mobility than the United States, 7 of the 10 most innovative economies are European (if [1] is to be believed), very similar levels of productivity exist ([2]), life expectancy and health outcomes are significantly better, there is a culture of leisure and pleasure rather than mere work till death, and its current economic woes are mostly attributable to the adoption of the Euro, not imaginary ideological "diseases".
Conversely, the United States is chalk full of jobs with minimal pay, no benefits, long hours, and no vacation -- Walmart's the largest employer -- a suicide-inducing office culture, people who die sooner, an over 10% higher debt-to-GDP ratio, and a government that is ironically more socialist than most of Europe in important respects (e.g., federal government paying for mortgages).
Both have significant problems, but your "dem dere socialists be destroyin Europe and wez be dah best cuz my TV said so" narrative is funny.
[1]
http://www.reuters.com/news/pictures/slideshow?articleId=USRTR2A3BU#a=1[2] Look up relative share of gdp per hour worked, 2011 (the evil socialist French are about as productive as us) at
https://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
