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Old 02-05-2017 | 07:52 AM
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Did some quick research. While the overall GDP is quite impressive ("yuuuge," you might say), the detailed breakdown by sector is interesting.

For example, mining and agriculture (oil, fruits, and nuts) only accounts for 2% of that massive GDP.

Meanwhile, government is 12%. (This is a product?)

Overall, if they adopted a policy of isolationism from the "US," the sectors which would be interstate, versus intrastate, drop to about 18% of the total.

Tellingly, "services" is the single largest sector of their economy, according to multiple sources.

A lot of money changes hands there, buying houses at $400 a square foot, or buying $6 lattes. And there is an "official"$26 Billion debt...but critics say it is really $400 Billion....

But if everyone works at Starbucks.....pretty soon, it will fall apart.
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