Analyst's note: Absolutely must see the entire list in the original article. And yes this national security intelligence is provided to senior U.S. policymakers. Yet, OBAMA's ACORN still receives American taxpayer funding.
The United States ranks last among all nations in the world when it comes to its current account balance, astronomically lower than every other economy, the CIA reports.
According to the most recent figures in the CIA World Factbook, America sits at the bottom of 191 nations, with a listed account balance of an astonishing negative $561 billion.
[....]The U.S. ranks second only to the European Union when it comes to gross domestic product, or GDP. The U.S. GDP is estimated at $14.66 trillion for 2010.
When it comes to unemployment, the U.S. is about in the middle of the pack, ranking 106 out of 200, with a jobless rate of 9.7 percent.
The Central Intelligence Agency notes on its website that it's "an independent U.S. government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior U.S. policymakers."
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