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Personal Saving Rate 1959 2009

Personal Saving Rate 1959 2009

Summary: income less taxes not to be confused with discretionary income saved has dropped from 11 in the 1980s to 1 before the start of the current recession A graph is appropriate here I m not some anti materialist nazi but that downward march is the increased confusion that Americans have between wants and needs Sure real wages have decreased over this time

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