In one short statement, a railroad executive laid out the massive problem facing the US economy

There are a lot of ways to look at the US economy and not be totally wrong. If you wanted to take a bullish view, you could point tounemployment or consumer goods to say US consumers are driving the economy forward. If you wanted to take a bearish view, you could saymanufacturing and corporate profits aren't this disastrous unless we're careening toward a recession. NOW WATCH: NASA's Spirit Mars rover found mysterious growths on Mars that could be the biggest discovery in science