Here is how we Americans spent our money in 2023.
Almost 1/3 on housing. That's too much.
Also kinda depressing that we spent more on alcohol and tobacco than we did on books.
Thanks for the graphic, @larydoe.bsky.social
Almost 1/3 on housing. That's too much.
Also kinda depressing that we spent more on alcohol and tobacco than we did on books.
Thanks for the graphic, @larydoe.bsky.social
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Spending 30% of net income on housing is accepted as the target for affordability here in Canada. 🇨🇦
ie is health insurance in the “care” bucket or the insurance bucket?
And combining all insurance costs (car? House?) with pensions seems wrong to me.
I also found a country-by-country comparison of healthcare expenditures. In 2022, Canada spent less than half per person on healthcare as the US.
https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-americans-spend-their-money/
I love data too but sometimes it can be frustrating.
I remember trying to find good fair comparisons across countries on tax burden.
The claim that Cdns pay way more taxes doesn’t necessarily hold up when you ‘count’ everything.
IMO anyway.
Books are durable
Booze & smokes are consumed...
That being said
Buy & read more books, people! Read drunk!
Good point about books being durable.
it's everywhere now.
I'm sure it's a big problem whose ill effects will become more apparent as time goes on.
taxes for stupid people. you're free to throw your money away on nonsense. so fun.
70% read at least 1 book per year.
48% is for pleasure.
Magazines make up the majority of material.
table 1 - time
table 2 - newspaper readers by age/frequency of use.
*TikTok is the most common source for under 30.
The "never read" column is astounding.
Thanks for the data!
My reading is mostly online these days. Newspapers. I spend more time on YouTube. Our housing cost is mostly repairs on our very old house.