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.
Indeed, foreign investment in the U.S. debt is one factor that helped us survive the recession. Criticism of China Owning U.S. Debt To put its ownership of U.S. debt in perspective, China's holding of $1.24 trillion is even larger than the amount owned by American households.