"RB" wrote in message
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Phil, hang around, you obviously have some knowledge to share, and do so
in a respectful manner...

Just skip over Ed's posts and this NG is a lot more useful.

Yup, you two are made for each other. He's spouting about GDP but didn't
know that imported steel isn't counted in it ("for instance govt purchases
are included in GDP, such as buying steel from china"); says that services
aren't really part of it, but quotes a figure that's *defined* as goods plus
services; then he pulls a number out of the air for taxes but doesn't know
where it came from.

He must be a lot like the teachers you had in school, RB.

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Ed Huntress