[Tramonto]

We are the 8th largest economy in the world, and have 38 million people, so we must be doing SOMETHING right.

No, you are not. Its inertia.

[Neanderthal]

"We are the 8th largest economy in the world, and have 38 million people, so we must be doing SOMETHING right."

I read recently somewhere that we recently dropped to 9th.

[cloudmountain]

"We are the 8th largest economy in the world, and have 38 million people, so we must be doing SOMETHING right."
No, you are not. Its inertia.

Yes, we are.
As for inertia, that's YOU since you haven't done your reading about the economies of the individual states. Geez, it's such COMMON knowledge about California it's in Wikipedia. Even a school kid can know THAT.