[Toddsterpatriot]

So, you are telling me that in the 40's, when America's factories were suppling a world at war, factory output as a percentage of GDP was less then today? And you expect me to believe it? hahahahaha.

I'm not telling you anything, the US Commerce Department chart is. It should be simple, even for one as simple as you, to prove that the chart is wrong. And learn to read, it didn't say "factory output" it said "goods production". Hahahahaha.

Breathlessly awaiting your factual rebuttal.

[1rudeboy]

Yikes. Back to the 40's. Honestly, what sort of a person thinks that we "produced more" back then?

[jpsb]

"And learn to read, it didn't say "factory output" it said goods production."

yea, you guys never talk about manurfacturing/capital goods yall lump farming, mining, paper, printing and lumber (suppling raw materials to the more advanced manurfacturing nations) into one "goods" catagory hoping to mislead everyone. Maybe you are happy with an economy that can only produce 2x4s, and tomato soup but that just doesn't seem like a secure future to me.