Professional Athlete Pay Scale

A chart showing how much athletes get paid compared to various jobs. Suffice to say, a LOT! If I didn't have such short legs...!
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How the US spends it's Paycheck

Visual Economics did a very nice, easy readable chart of the average expenditures of an US consumer. The data is from the Department of Labor's survey. The spending on goods seems a bit excessive, but they seem correct to me.

I think I need to keep track of my finances better. Got to retire early, ya' know.

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