SPEAKER BOEHNER IS ALSO INNUMERATE

Steve Benen reports that during an interview with CNN's Kathleen Parker, Boehner made this claim:

Why is our economy still 20 times the size of China's?

According to the CIA's World Factbook, China's 2010 GDP expressed in terms of purchasing power is estimated to have been $ 9,854,000,000,000 while the U.S. is estimated to be  $14,720,000,000,000. If Boehner meant to say GDP per capita, he's still wrong. Google Data estimates that in 2009, China's GDP per capita was $3,744 compared to $45, 989 for the U.S.