joefranklinsr

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   by joefranklinsr 8y ago

   4.8% https://www.fxstreet.com/news/atlanta-fed-q2-gdp-estimate-ri... 4% https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/15/goldman-sachs-model-now-poin...
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   by joefranklinsr 8y ago

   Sure, and we could have blown the lead in the 70s, the 80s, the 90s, the 00s, the 10s, etc. But we didn't. We valued entrepreneurship, hard work, and being the best. 50s was an anomaly with a 36% growth rate, like you said, because w
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   by joefranklinsr 8y ago

   Well, I guess it depends on each person's experience. but according to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d... , US has the most immigrants at 46 million, next closest is Germany at 12 mill
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   by joefranklinsr 8y ago

   if we look at this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_percentag... it would appear US is in similar leagues with Canada, Norway, Sweden, New Zealand, etc, of having close to 0-1% in poverty. Check out
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   by joefranklinsr 8y ago

   If this was true, then US being the biggest immigrant-friendly country in the world, would do so in a heartbeat. But neither the government nor corporations are advocating this. America currently has the biggest economy in the world, an a