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- veriix, on 07/09/2009, -9/+893Inaccurate, the average us consumer spends more then 100% of their paycheck.
- fluidfoundation, on 07/09/2009, -15/+475Buried for lack of Hookers and Blow category.
- smemily, on 07/09/2009, -3/+443it fits in about 13 years ago.
- benroy, on 07/09/2009, -26/+455The reading part made me sad.
- lhbaker, on 07/09/2009, -12/+430Just swap the amount spent on food with the amount spent on alcoholic beverages, and this thing is right on.
- iamthewalrus904, on 07/09/2009, -16/+310Where does my Beanie Baby addiction fit into this graph?
- Sideshowslob, on 07/09/2009, -3/+271Where is the money that we put into savings accounts? Oh wait...
- WhiskeyLemur, on 07/09/2009, -3/+241That's what credit cards are for. Duh. =P
- felsoule79, on 07/09/2009, -20/+254Marijuana Allowance is not on the list...
- diggerpleez, on 07/09/2009, -16/+236The completely left off the biggest piece of the pie: WIFE
- TheHerk, on 07/09/2009, -7/+217I get your joke and it is a good one, but since I like playing the role of argumentative douche bag from time to time; only 100% of the check accounts for spending from a paycheck. Anything more than that is not money being spent from a paycheck.
- chadsmith729, on 07/09/2009, -4/+192Where would getting ass raped by Verizon/DirectTV come in?
- Duncan3, on 07/09/2009, -17/+201Kinda BS without the federal, state, and sales taxes taking out 1/3 - 1/2 of the circle.
- Sideshowslob, on 07/09/2009, -1/+156They have libraries for books. Hence, no need to spend monies.
- snurfle, on 07/09/2009, -4/+153than
- jmdwinter, on 07/09/2009, -12/+146I would have thought WoW'd be up to 5% by now...
- JAVandiver, on 07/09/2009, -4/+133$457 on booze annually! I spend that in a month! $457 works out to $9.52 a week. What is everybody drinking Beast? Standards people...
- D0P3M4N, on 07/09/2009, -1/+113Someone's not paying for college. Throw that in there, it'll mess up the graph real nice.
- inactive, on 07/09/2009, -46/+156In America shouldn't it be:
55% Double bacon cheeseburgers
25% Weak sugary beer
15% Guns and ammo
5% Flags and fireworks - inactive, on 07/09/2009, -2/+105Hey...I spend 10% of my money on booze
and get drunk 100% of the time. - AddiX, on 07/09/2009, -13/+114Alcohol should be included in entertainment if you ask me.
- drmangrum, on 07/09/2009, -14/+114That graph doesn't add up.
How can a family that makes 63k a year before taxes spend 50k a year? Taxes are more than 13k dollars. - geoboy, on 07/09/2009, -1/+93It's not being a douchebag when you've got a valid point.
- Aadain, on 07/09/2009, -2/+91You may have meant to be funny, but I think you actually hit the nail on the head. Kind of shows you why we are in such massive debt as a culture.
- mdelling, on 07/09/2009, -0/+87Wait... are you trying to tell me that the $s won't expire if I don't use them?
- phpirate, on 07/09/2009, -0/+79The 100 dollars is probably all late fees. ***** late fees.
- yngtimmy, on 07/09/2009, -4/+81I wish I could spend 15% of my salary on guns n ammo.
- ArchetypeRyan, on 07/09/2009, -3/+77I expected alcohol and cigarettes to be alot higher.
- shujin, on 07/09/2009, -0/+73The average age is 49?
Damn, we're ***** old - chillybeans27, on 07/09/2009, -1/+73Also, reading is really inexpensive if you choose to use the library.
Having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card! - cnot3, on 07/09/2009, -3/+72bummer, man
- praisethelard, on 07/09/2009, -0/+66I wonder why they don't lump it in with entertainment.
- Bethi, on 07/09/2009, -4/+66then your house/condo/apartment is probably too nice for you.
- TheHerk, on 07/09/2009, -0/+59I took the "Personal Care" section to be devoted entirely, priced, and footnoted for exactly this.
- MadMonk67, on 07/09/2009, -14/+73Someone's been spending too much on their "How to be a Condescending A-Hole" courses.
- TruckStuff, on 07/09/2009, -12/+66Funny how they they conveniently left payroll taxes off of that chart.
- eatporktoo, on 07/09/2009, -6/+60you pay for it one way or another, either through taxes or out of pocket
- Megadeth222, on 07/09/2009, -1/+55That's 110% awesome if you add it up.
- HATU8, on 07/09/2009, -3/+53I'm not an alcoholic, they attend meetings
- bornfreeid, on 07/09/2009, -0/+49HELLO Cell Phones. The average cell phone bill in '07 was between $63/mo to $77/mo according to JD Power which I'm sure that has gone up. Estimates are now around $80/mo which would be about $960 a year and would be the 9th largest expense...
- geoboy, on 07/09/2009, -0/+48Hookers & blow
- hoogie, on 07/09/2009, -3/+47Don't worry. If the reading part makes you sad, then you don't have to do it. The graph has pictures so you don't have to read anything.
- DarthVolta, on 07/09/2009, -5/+47Why? That's on average - I spend a lot more on books than I do movies per week, but then again I was an English major.
Also, keep in mind that a lot of people probably just use public libraries, which are free, unless you have late fees. - d3dm, on 07/09/2009, -6/+48Oh yeah? Well the Jerk Store called and they're all out of YOU!
- FieroRumor, on 07/09/2009, -0/+41Only 20% on housing???
Damn, I spend About 45%... - podopie, on 07/09/2009, -1/+42You're
- mikeyernst, on 07/09/2009, -4/+44thanks
- inactive, on 07/09/2009, -2/+42I spend most of my money feeding my chipotle addiction.
- cybrguy, on 07/09/2009, -3/+41The chart is misleading because it doesn't include consumer debt.
http://www.creditcards.com/credit-card-news/credit ...
The average outstanding credit card debt for households that have a credit card was $10,679 at the end of 2008. One year earlier, that average was $10,637. (Source: Nilson Report, April 2009)
As of March 2009, U.S. revolving consumer debt, made up almost entirely of credit card debt, was about $950 Billion. In the fourth quarter of 2008, 13.9 percent of consumer disposable income went to service this debt. (Source: U.S. Congress' Joint Economic Committee, "Vicious Cycle: How Unfair Credit Card Company Practices Are Squeezing Consumers and Undermining the Recovery," May 2009)
Total U.S. household debt, including mortgage loan and consumer debt, was $11.4 trillion in 2005.
Consumer debt is 37,377 per citizen. assuming a pop of 305 million. So if you have a household of 3, your average debt would be over 100k - FuzzyBunny, on 07/09/2009, -2/+40Because reading isn't always for entertainment. Reference books, textbooks, magazines, and newspapers would also all fall under reading.
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