Contrast that with this startling statistic from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: as of 2010, the average time an American worker stays at a job is less than four and a half years.

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For example, the number of cars per thousand Chinese pales in comparison to our U.S. statistic.

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But there is another statistic tracked by the BLS called U-6, which covers a more comprehensive unemployment universe, including those who have stopped looking and those who are involuntarily underemployed.

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It is this statistic that has us concerned for the health of the U.S. economy.

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The reported U-3 veteran unemployment rate is listed at eight percent, but this statistic cloaks the dire reality of the situation.

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Let me start with a statistic that some of you might already know: While women make 47% of the U.S. workforce, only 5% of startups are owned by women.

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As of January 2011, the unemployment rate in the U.S. for women 20 years and older was 7.9% while the same statistic for men was 8.8% ( Bureau of Labor Statistics).

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Bad work habits and the failure to change course contribute to the statistic that more than half of small businesses fail within the first five years, according to the U.S. Small Business Administration.

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Nearly half a million Americans die from smoking--related illnesses each year, the biggest reversible mortality statistic in the Western world, yet 46 million adults and 3.2 million teenagers in the U.S. continue to puff away.

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