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To: tejek who wrote (270121)	2/8/2006 10:06:23 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573104

Last count when we had this argument, it was over 20%. No. You might have said it was over 20% but actually it was not even remotely close to that figure. Our GDP is close to $13 trillion. GDP (purchasing power parity): Definition Field Listing Rank Order $12.37 trillion (2005 est.) GDP (official exchange rate): Definition Field Listing Rank Order $12.77 trillion (2005 est.) It might be $13 trillion by now but I'll round it down to $12 trillion anyway. 20% of $12 trillion is $2.4 trillion. That is almost as much as the federal government spends on everything put together. Tim