Chinese economy #1 – thanks for the leadership President Obama
Posted By RichC on December 5, 2014
It’s not entirely fair to blame President Obama for American decline and China’s rise in economic prominence, but his lack of inspiring American Exceptionalism and worldwide apology tour hasn’t helped. Words and attitude aside, his policies slowing our economic recovery are most to blame as we watch industry evaluate the best place to invest capital; who really want to invest “in the U.S.” with our high corporate tax and regulations which slows corporations from investing in America and keeps entrepreneurs and small business owners from hiring. The aggressive EPA, IRS, concern over regulating wages and of course Obamacare has made it even more difficult to run a profitable business in the U.S.
So … should we be surprise? No, we reap what we ask for when we elect those who prefer big government, higher taxes, reward non-achievers and discourage ambition.
Chinese economy overtakes the U.S…
Hang on to your hats, America.
And throw away that big, fat styrofoam finger while you’re about it.
There’s no easy way to say this, so I’ll just say it: We’re no longer No. 1. Today, we’re No. 2. Yes, it’s official. The Chinese economy just overtook the United States economy to become the largest in the world. For the first time since Ulysses S. Grant was president, America is not the leading economic power on the planet.
It just happened — and almost nobody noticed.
The International Monetary Fund recently released the latest numbers for the world economy. And when you measure national economic output in “real” terms of goods and services, China will this year produce $17.6 trillion — compared with $17.4 trillion for the U.S.A.
As recently as 2000, we produced nearly three times as much as the Chinese.
To put the numbers slightly differently, China now accounts for 16.5% of the global economy when measured in real purchasing-power terms, compared with 16.3% for the U.S.
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