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Posted
02/01/06 @ 4pm

Tagged
culture, money

Cheery news on the savings rate

This caught my ear on the radio the other day, so I decided to read more about it.

Spending is apparently cooler than saving. Which reminds me of a person I once met who whined insufferably about barely being able to afford basic necessities as he climbed into his Ford Expedition. Things like that could have something to do with it. Of course, the increase of living costs relative to average salary fits somewhere in there too.

Savings Rate at Lowest Level Since 1933


On being an at&t customer, weighing wiretaps, etc. Assault ministry?