Wisconsin is a case in point. Wisconsin teachers fare slightly worse than the national average with starting salaries of $32,642 and a maximum with a masterâs degree of $60,036. The Tax Foundation says its tax burden is the fourth worst in the U.S. and its QualityCounts rating was a C+, about average.
It puts total Chinese investment in the U.S. at $1.61 trillion as of June 30, 2010.[1] This is not entirely accurate, but it is far better than the figures in the unrevised monthly Treasury reports used by Congress and the media.
â¢ The US remains by far the biggest military spender, with a defence budget of $711bn last year. â¢ It's followed by China, which spent an estimated $143bn on its armed forces in 2011. China has increased its military spending by 170% in real terms since 2002, the leading research body says. â¢ Russia spent nearly $72bn on arms last year, overtaking Britain ($62.7bn) and France ($62.5bn). Russia is planning further increases, with draft budgets showing a 53% rise in real terms up to 2014.