To this (and the earlier comment on GE): Corporate revenue is not a good comparator to GDP. Not even close. Something better would be measuring the 'added value' of Wal-mart, which would be closer (but not equal to) their operating income for the year. For Wal-Mart, that was about $25 billion; for GE, that's about $15 billion. Even Exxon only made about $52 billion in operating income.Originally Posted by Loki
Regardless, I just think the lesson of the politico post shouldn't be 'the federal government is too complex, look how we couldn't even get an answer to a simple question', but rather 'Obama made a mistake - possibly a stupid one'. The first point might be true, but the story doesn't illustrate it.
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