Yes, California's economy is also larger than most country's economies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_California "According to The World Factbook published by the CIA, if California were an independent state, it would have had the tenth largest economy in the world in 2007"
However, when I was in San Diego I was struck by how many people there were so quick to want to outsource EVERYTHING to China or India, or wherever. Not that I am opposed to a certain amount of outsourcing, but that doesn't really make California a very viable stand-alone economy in the protectionist tone of the original email. -Cameron On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:45 PM, Maureen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > California could actually survive quite nicely as a separate country. > We have oil, a huge supply of food, technology, and lots of smart > people who know how to make it work. Manufacturing includes clothes, > computers, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, and a wide variety of other > products. The nation's newest automotive manufacturing plant is just > up the street from my house. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279191 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
