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Comment by Brock
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Welcome to FP, Meria.  I see you need a little help with fact-check.  Hopefully, these will get you started:

"We don't make anything anymore": according to the US Manufacturing Output index, US manufactures are almost 5 times more productive than in 1950 and (eyeballing the chart) 50% more productive than in 1996 (NAFTA).

http://www.economagic.com/em-cgi/charter.exe/blsin/inu0002us0+1950+2010+0+0+0+290+545++0

"We don't grow anything anymore": US farm output is 158% greater than in 1948 and 13% higher than 1996.

http://www.ers.usda.gov/Data/AgProductivity/

"We don't invent anything anymore": US patents granted in 2009 are almost 4 times greater than in 1963, and 1.6 times greater than 1996.

http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ido/oeip/taf/us_stat.htm

I hope you can make use of some facts and hope you get over that collectivism problem.

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