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Lube,

One of your pareto bar charts has "Government" as an contributer to "Real" GDP at 5% How can this be possible? Pelicanites?

Well I think Mike is correct on the 18% of the GDP is manufacturing. But it certainly isnt what it used to be at about 60-70% 1948-75? The massive electronic industry left for Japan about 1975....And everthing is trinkled to Asia since. Boeings commercial aircraft manufacturing is cranking out a sizeable percentage of the 18% which is larger than alot of 1st world GDP's

Lube,

My buddy told me that Germany exports more in GDP (total dollars) than China! I have not researched that claim, but I hear its true?

That might be interesting to review. Is there any data available where you got your stats on the US? World Almanac 2006?

Bob