[Toddsterpatriot]

No, I think it's that when your entire country isn't good at anything (except flippin' burgers) you are unlikely to be rich, in the conventional sense.

Are you claiming that flippin' burgers is the only thing Americans do? Is that what you do?

We used to clearly lead the world in dozens of industries, automobiles, low cost electronics, high end electronics, motorcycles, bicycles, quality furniture, cotton goods, linnen, steel, small arms (well the Russians were always the volume producers), airplanes, computer hardward, computer software, computer services.

Are you claiming we no longer manufacture any of these products? Are you one of the guys who claims 100% of goods sold at WalMart are Chinese?