My impression is that it's rather difficulty in a number of European countries as well. Chatting with friends, it seems that there are a number of term positions in countries like Germany, but permanent positions are hard to come by.

I don't know the job market there. I was stating a hypothetical; I should have made that clearer. Given the post-doc situation, if another country were to dramtically increase funding for positions, America would see a brain drain.