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.
Chinese investment in the U.S. is commonly misunderstood, both the size of holdings and the forces behind them. Most Members of Congress would put Chinese investment in the U.S. at about $900 billion. This is too low by $1 trillion and possibly more. Many participants in financial markets would fret over the PRC potentially choosing to disinvest from the American economy.