[Roccus]

Although I’m skeptical of that first chart, I’ll accept it for now. That last chart however, is misleading. Aircraft and armaments (probably our biggest $$ items) skew those numbers.

[Toddsterpatriot]

Aircraft and armaments (probably our biggest $$ items) skew those numbers.

We shouldn't count aircraft and armaments because they aren't manufactured goods? Any other manufactured goods we shouldn't count because you said so?

[investigateworld]

" Although I’m skeptical of that first chart, I’ll accept it for now. That last chart however, is misleading. Aircraft and armaments (probably our biggest $$ items) skew those numbers. "

You don't want to forget the vaunted American pizza manufacturer's are included in "manufacturing".