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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (183734)	3/19/2006 11:28:56 AM
From: neolib	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Neo, I haven't studied a lot of companies in the USA, but you shouldn't forget the hordes of small businesses. I guess the overall average profit is something like a P:E of about 15 in the USA [including all registered companies including little cafes, plumbing businesses, shops and other commercial enterprises]. The market cap of USA commerce is vast. I think it's fair enough to include that income in considering total debt. Not sure exactly what you are trying to suggest here. Wage income is really income, and a fraction is taxed, so that is pretty easy to get a handle on as far as what it might support for repayment of dept. GDP is not, because it is not income, rather aggregate economic activity, which might be profitable or not. As an example consider General Motors and Intel. Both large US corporation with many employees. Look at their respective sales, profits, and market cap. Makes you understand that any given corporate metric might be problematical. However, their average employee compensation is much closer a comparison. Don't think the $ will die quite so soon BTW!