Republicans bad mouth European countries, with their social safety nets, manufacturing success and low unemployment.

With the Republicans, the story is always the same; America is the best. 9.5 % unemployment, economic policies that crashed the global markets and white voters who hate having an illegal black president.

Do we want to be like socialist Europe? Chris Hayes tries to answer that.

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