Keeping up with Japan
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Experts say that unseating Japan and in recent years passing Germany, France and Great Britain underscores China’s growing clout…………………..
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China Passes Japan to Become No. 2 Economy on The Planet !
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To note that the United States is the richest country on the planet is a bit of an understatement. We can take the economies Japan, China, and Germany, combine their gross domestic product totals, and the U.S
…1CommentsTo note that the United States is the richest country on the planet is a bit of an understatement. We can take the economies of some of the world’s wealthiest countries Japan, China, and Germany and combine their gross domestic product totals, and the U.S. still has more wealth.
But how we decide to use or not use our wealth, particularly in times of economic distress, can occasionally boggle the mind.
Plenty of businesses and governments furloughed workers this year, but Hawaii went further it furloughed its schoolchildren. Public schools across the state closed on 17 Fridays during the past school year to save money, giving students the shortest academic year in the nation and sending working parents scrambling to find care for them.
Many transit systems have cut service to make ends meet, but Clayton County, Ga., a suburb of Atlanta, decided to cut all the way, and shut down its entire public bus system. Its last buses ran on March 31, stranding 8,400 daily riders.
Even public safety has not been…
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All of This in The Wealthiest Country on Earth
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