The Shocking Truth:
All of the following are true.
All figures are derived from The World Bank and The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (2007 Lists)unless unavailable – and are then derived from The CIA Fact Book (2007 List). All figures are current as of 22 August 2008.
1.The entire annual economic output of the OIL-RICH MIDDLE EAST FOREIGN POWER IRAQ ($55.4 Billion GDP) – equals less than just one U.S. state: Delaware ($60.1 Billion).
2. The entire annual economic output of the entire nation of AFGHANISTAN ($8.8 Billion GDP) – equals far less than half of Vermont ($24.5 Billion).
3. The entire annual economic output of OIL-RICH FOREIGN POWER IRAN ($271 Billion GDP) – equals less than the state of Massachusetts ($351 Billion).
4. The entire annual economic output of OIL-RICH FOREIGN POWER Saudi Arabia ($376 Billion GDP) – equals less than the state of New Jersey ($465 Billion).
5. The entire annual economic output of ALL THE COMBINED OIL-RICH NATIONS OF THE MIDDLE EAST (Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Syria, Yemen, & Jordan – a combined $1.08 Trillion GDP) totals less than a single U.S. state: New York ($1.1 Trillion GSP).*
6. The entire annual economic output of OIL-RICH FOREIGN SUPER POWER Russia ($1.286 Trillion GDP) – is 29% less than a single U.S. state: California ($1.812 Trillion).
7. The entire annual economic output of FOREIGN SUPER-POWER, THE PEOPLE”S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ($3.28 Trillion GDP) – is less than just three US states combined – Texas, New York, & California ($4.05 Trillion).
8. The United States of America is by far the most powerful economic nation on Earth ($13.81 Trillion) – ranking Number 1 among all countries. The USA is more than three times the size of the world’s # 2 ranked nation’s economy – a gap of more than $9.4 trillion dollars and widening every year.
9. Just the difference between the USA and Number 2 – that $9.4 trillion – exceeds the entire economies of 158 different foreign countries COMBINED.
10. Numbers 2 and 3 were defeated by the USA in World War II and were rebuilt on American principles of government.
11. Today Japan ranks #2 ($4.37 Trillion) and Germany #3 ($3.29 Trillion) in the world in economic power.
12. These three nations together – the USA (#1), Japan (#2), and Germany (#3) – generate a huge economic force that far exceeds a third of the world’s total economic activity, creating more economic output than 169 other nations COMBINED.
FREEDOM.
Since 1776,
The American principles of
1) Individual Freedom
2) Democratic Self-Government
3) A Free-Market Economy
have built the USA
into the greatest economic engine
in the history of nations.
- Except where otherwise noted, all figures for nations listed above have been secured from online published reports by The World Bank (2007 List) as of 22 August 2008. For nations not reported by The World Bank, figures have been taken from The CIA World Fact Book (2007 List) as of 22 August 2008.
- All figures for U.S. states listed above have been secured from online published reports by The United State Bureau of Economic Analysis (2007 List) as of 22 August 2008.
- Data are expressed in current USD (United States dollars). Official figures for U.S. states are expressed in nominal dollars unadjusted for inflation or purchasing power disparities between the states.
The above comparisons are expressed based upon readily available and published reports for the 180 nations reported by The World Bank (2007 List) as of 22 August 2008. Similar findings will result from comparisons with published reports for The International Monetary Fund (2007 List) as of 22 August 2008. Figures for nations not reported by The World Bank have been taken from current published reports by The CIA World Fact Book (2007 List) as of 22 August 2008.
*Please note #5: The combined figures are derived from The World Bank (2007 List) for Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, and Syria; all additional remaining figures are unavailable from this source for Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Yemen, and Jordan – and are therefore derived from The CIA Fact Book (2007 List).
All lists and figures are current as published by online independent sources effective 22 August 2008. Readers may directly investigate findings at additional related online sources:
As published and available on
Wikipedia
Countries by GDP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nominal)
States by GSP
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_GDP_(nominal)