Of course it's always dangerous to say "it can't happen here," so let's just say it won't happen here.

Some of the fundamental differences between the US and the ROW have never been so starkly displayed as they are now under the Obama admin.

Much of what the President is proposing, and which is being decisively rejected by America, would be mainstream politics elsewhere...Britain or Canada, for example. But here, those ideas are widely considered alien and dangerous. I don't say this as a criticism. The success of America as a nation is partly a function of how it differs from other countries.

So the plain truth of it is, as you suggest, a similar proposal here would probably inspire a very spirited response.