Free …?
The US yelled that for a long long time — Free elections occur and have occurred in Europe for a very long time The longest operating Parliament is in Iceland
Accusations of fixed elections in the US come from all sides The die bolt (spelling ?) machines have left more questions and bitter feelings than any other — but there are other accusations which are never aired on main stream media — These accusations go back a long long way
Free speech zones look like cages and the pictures that came out of the US and are still coming out of the US are gun toting men dressed in black uniforms often with their faces covered completely — The police look like highly armed highly aggressive military occupation soldiers
The creation of Homeland security and their inland no where near the border warrant less and suspicion less check points are reminiscent of common policy for a domestic occupation force
It is commonly accepted that the media is controlled — It is known and provable that only a small handful of men own an overwhelming majority of the media in the US
Each party accuses the other of bias — but the only bias that could be exercised in any real fashion is by the small group of owners — This is always ignored
Richest — or even just rich ?
Inflation over the last 25 yrs has been astounding Over 50 yrs inflation rates reach into the 1,000 % marks Wages have never caught up to inflation Inflation is only measured in quarterly reports and only sometimes in yearly rates — Never in 2 , 5 10 and 50 yr rates and never in comparison to wages
The US is in debt by trillions and has been for more than a few years — Decades have passed with massive debt — Trade in balance- has turned the US into an import dependent nation
The manufacturing base of the US has been in some state of dismantlement for at least 25 yrs
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Is America still the land of the free — Is it still among the worlds richest nations
Is America now the least free and the poorest of nations ?
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We are seeing its destruction before our very eyes, destruction against the will of the people I believe.
America is no longer free or rich. America is now a socialist state that owes trillions to China thanks to Slick Barry Hussein Osama…I mean Obama
all nations come to an end when their currency is destroyed..its a historical fact. with the combination of the crashing dollar, and the suspension of many rights/liberties (via the patriot act)..the nation is going to crash like a safe hitting the ocean floor unless we unite and revolt against the corrupt federal government.. it could be a peaceful revolution, or an armed…its DC’s choice.
America is the wealthiest nation on earth. But not for long because BO and the DUMBacrats want to destroy that wealth. They are attacking Americans wealth in several ways. First, they are taxing the working Americans to pay for the giant governments socialist programs. Second, they are flooding the country with racist illegal alien messicon border criminal invaders. Third they are trying to stack the supreme court with racist la raza nazis who will institute tribal justice.
just watch it has it caves from the inside out
Somewhat free, however after 8 years of Bush’s failed policies we are no longer one of the richest nations.
Yes we are still among the richest.
The U.S. economy is clearly the world’s largest
2008 U.S. annual Gross Domestic Product in current dollars is $14,264.6 billion
(Source: BEA, Dept. of Commerce).
That’s $14.3 trillion. This is huge.
The numbers make the current stimulus spending seem modest
They should put the current stimulus spending in perspective. The Obama stimulus package was $747 billion, spread out over several years. The TARP rescue funds were $700 billion. The Federal Reserve has been trying to pump $800 billion into consumer and mortgage credit markets. The total amounts to less than $2.3 trillion, or 16 percent of annual GDP.
Even the U.S. government debt appears manageable
The total of the U.S. government debt is now at $11.1 trillion, a few trillion less than U.S. annual GDP. And even this overstates the debt burden. About $7 trillion of the debt is ‘owed to the public,’ where public refers to U.S. citizens, citizens of foreign countries, and foreign governments. The remainder is owed internally within the U.S. government to various trust funds that have been set up to finance various public policies, e.g., to the Social Security Trust Fund and the unemployment benefit trust funds. Of the $7 trillion owed to the public, a 2007 Brookings Institution report noted that $2.5 trillion is owed to “Foreigners, mainly foreign central banks and government investment funds,” Much of it is held by China, Japan, Germany and the oil exporting countries.
The real measure of U.S. economic strength
But the real measure of the income generating power of the U.S. economy should be measured in relation to our population. If we divide U.S. GDP by population we get GDP per capita. According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007 U.S. Real GDP per capita was $45,800. 2007 is the latest year for which GDP per capita is available. BLS provides comparable GDP per capita figures for 17 countries. The U.S. is ranked second in 2007 GDP per capita, behind Norway. Ireland ranked third, just behind the U.S.
Japan, often referred to as the second largest economy after the U.S., based on overall GDP, is ranked 13th on the BLS list of rankings by GDP per capita. Chart 1 lists GDP per capita for all 17 countries for which BLS calculates the estimates.
Chart 1: GDP per capita, 2007
Converted to U.S. dollars using 2007 Purchasing Power Parity
Norway 55.2
United States 45.8
Ireland 42.7
Netherlands 38.6
Canada 38.2
Austria 37.8
Denmark 36.5
Sweden 36.3
Australia 36.1
Belgium 35.2
United Kingdom 34.8
Germany 33.7
Japan 33.5
France 32.7
Spain 30.3
Italy 29.8
Rep. of Korea 24.8
The World Bank publishes a chart of its estimates of GDP for national economies. In terms of GDP without accounting for population China ranks as the world’s second largest economy after the United States, with Japan in third place:
Gross domestic product 2007, World Bank Estimates
(millions of international dollars)
Ranking Economy international
1 United States 13,811,200
2 China 7,055,079
3 Japan 4,283,529
4 India 3,092,126
5 Germany 2,727,514
6 Russian Federation 2,088,207
7 France 2,061,884
8 United Kingdom 2,046,780
9 Brazil 1,833,601
10 Italy 1,777,353
11 Spain 1,405,262
12 Mexico 1,345,530
13 Korea, Rep. 1,199,270
14 Canada 1,178,205
15 Turkey 922,189
16 Indonesia 841,140
But the recession is causing real misery
While these numbers can put our current economic troubles in perspective, they cannot dismiss real misery some U.S. citizens are now facing. GDP, in real terms after adjusting for the change in prices of goods and services, decreased at an annual rate of 6.3 percent in the fourth quarter of 2008, (that is, from the third quarter to the fourth quarter), according to estimates released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the U.S. Department of Commerce. First quarter 2009 figures are certain to show further decline in our real GDP. This translates into millions of lost jobs. And the fall in financial wealth resulting from the decline in retirement fund accounts and lost equity in the value of housing is causing painful readjustment decisions, including some life changing plans for the furture for homeowners and retirees and near retirees.
Nonetheless, the U.S. economy is still the largest in the world and a leader in income per capita. The dollar remains strong, precisely because the U.S. is still a relatively safe place for investors.
We will pull out of this recession. The only question is when. Hopefully we are near the bottom, and a recovery is underway.
America has been taken over by the Elite Bankers, they use the US forces for their own ends, they don’t care about the people at all, they have no allegiance to any country, only to their own cabal which was formed hundreds of years ago to rule the world, (The New World Order) they have all the money they want, it’s power they are after now.
we are losing
America have never been free for anyone. Homeland Security made sure of that thank to Bush or should I say Chaney America is now on welfare and china is sending the check. you hate Muslim but think about this President Obama is going to Saudi and try to get some support in money and to get help with the war which is seening us to the poor house and we wont win it. America have been sale off peaces of america for years. Check this out let you you buy a ford truck and it say made in america but the part to repair it come from china nothing is america made any more. It a shane america is standing on the block like a whore talking about ten and three. with a john. The police is out of control and have been we now live in a police state remind you of 1930′s germany.