- The average family’s net worth dropped 40% between 2007 and 2010, wiping out 18 years of savings and investments (Source: Federal Reserve).
- The average college-educated man’s annual salary maxes out at age 48 and $95,000.
- People with incomes from $50-99K give 6% to charity, while incomes greater than $200K give 4.2%.
- Households with less than $13K spend 9% of their income on lottery tickets (Source: PBS.org).
- April’s $640 Million Mega Millions lottery jackpot, the largest in history, sold tickets at one million/hour in the 2 days preceeding the drawing.
- The U.S. Treasury loses more than $100 million a year on producing pennies, since each one costs more than 1 cent to annually produce the 4.3 billion.
Canada will not mint pennies next year.
Where do you spend your money?
