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"From 1947 until 2013, the United States Economy Expands 3.2% in Q4 averaged 3.2 Percent reaching an all time high of 17.2 Percent in March of 1950 and a record low of -10.4 Percent in March of 1958. The United States has one of the most diversified and most technologically advanced economies in the world. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, leasing, health care, social assistance, professional, business and educational services account for more than 40 percent of GDP. Retail and wholesale trade creates another 12 percent of the wealth. The government related services fuel 13 percent of GDP. Utilities, transportation and warehousing and information account for 10 percent of the GDP. Manufacturing, mining, and construction constitute 17 percent of the output. Agriculture accounts for only 1.5 percent of the GDP, yet due to use of advance technologies, the United States is a net exporter of food. This page provides - United States Economy Expands 3.2% in Q4 - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. 2014-02-07" ( http://www.tradingeconomics.com/united-states/gdp-growth)
I have nothing really against the United States, so I don't mean to attack this country. However, The U.S does serve to be a prime example of capitalism and it's ideas.
Growth is an exceptionally good thing when a positive and humanely beneficial goal is what's in mind. However, goal of a capitalistic society is to continue to grow and grow, but for what purpose? How big is too big? When does it stop? I, personally, feel the burden of a mundane life every day. Sometimes I am so exhausted from my shift the night before at the restaurant that I can't even crawl my way to school in the morning. By the time school is over, I have to do it all again. I'm 17! This is not the life I want for my children if I someday have them. People tell adolescents that as soon as they get to college, it gets better. What about those kids that are going to have to work their way through? It just sounds like more of the same to me. If you graduate from college with your degree, it just means now you can work longer hours and your job is no longer secondary in your life to school, but it IS your life. And to this, the government says, "Keep going.". So, you work harder and harder, you neglect the kids that you accidentally had because you're far too busy with work, and therefore produce "faulty" offspring that lack the basic moral values that (in my opinion) people must have. It's a viscous cycle that is only proving to get worse and worse with every passing year.
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