Visualization of US consumer spending

Posted by Cory Doctorow, July 11, 2009 6:00 AM | permalink

Here’s a nice dataviz of US consumer spending as of April 2009. How depressing is that minuscule slice labeled "reading"?  .02% of our income on READING???   We spend 3 times that amount on alcohol!!! And I bet a lot of that entertainment cost is  that plug-in drug; TV, Cable and movies, video games…..…anesthesia for the masses…

How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck (via Sociological Images)

I found it interesting that Americans only spend 12.4% of thier income on food, but spend 5.7% on Healthcare. 

America- WAKE UP!  If you buy high quality food (healthy organic fats and proteins, fruits and veggies) then you will not have to spend hardly anything on healthcare!  I go years at a time not having ANY cost for healthcare whatsoever!  Health care is, ideally, for when you have true emergencies, a broken leg, for instance.

Your doctor practices “medicine”.  You need to practice health care- eating right, exercising, yoga, dancing, being happy…… THAT is real insurance!