The EU is a dead man walking in my opinion.
The US has worked in the past because markets and industries were local, education was local, state laws and constitutions were local.
Some states have high taxes and high costs of living, others have lower taxes and lower costs of living, which meant that you could choose where to live accordingly, climate and other considerations not withstanding.
The EU doesn’t work well. The US under Boko Haram Barack Hussein Obama doesn’t work well either.
We are screwed until his term expires. We may well be screwed no matter what. The second in line for the highest increase in the deficit after Hussein is George Bush.
It would seem that no matter who is president or who controls congress we are screwed.
The EU was never intended to work well. It was always about power grabs.