USA Today Life SnapshotsIf your time to you Is worth savin' Then you better start swimmin' Or you'll sink like a stone For the times they are a-changin'. -- Bob Dylan |
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:How Much Of Our work day goes to pay taxes.: Conn, NY. 3:09 DC, NJ. 3:01 Alaska 2:17 Missisippi 2:21 Source: Tax Foundation Working for the taxman So just how much of our average eight-hour work day is spent earning money that goes to pay federal, state and local taxes? It may come as no surprise that nationwide, the average is 2 hours and 46 minutes - more than halfway to the lunch hour. Where do people work longest for taxes? Connecticut and New York: 3 hours, 9 minutes And the least? Alaska: 2 hours, 17 minutes http://www.usatoday.com/snapshot/money/msnap005.htm |
 | Retirement Spendings - 1/13/98: Percent of people who plan to spend more on these activities after they retire. Source: KRC Research for U.S. News/Bozell Worldwide |
| How Senior view life 65+ |
 | Sixty years of taxes Source: Tax Foundation |
 | Senior workers Age discrimination complaints filed with the federal government peaked in 1993, but have fallen since then. UPDATED - 2003 Age Bias Complaints Up 40 Percent Since 1999. New figures from the federal government show age discrimination complaints have jumped 40 percent in the past four years, from 14,000 in 1999 to more than 20,000 in 2002. "The trend is consistent, cumulative and distriburing." said David Grinberg, spokesman for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He says the increased in age discimination complaints is linked to a confluence of factors including more older people staying on the job longer and the economic downturn that has led to worker layoffs. But the third factor at work, Grinberg says, is simply "blatant discrimination based on age." Source: AARP Bulletin February 2003 |
 Age Group of Top Executives: 39-Under 14% 40-49 29% 50-59 30% 60s Plus 27% Source: Dun & Bradstreet Middle age at the top The pecentages of top executives (CEOs, partners, owners, presidents, chairman) in these age groups http://www.usatoday.com/snapshot/money/msnap036.htm |
| Untapped resource Though 40% of benefits managers say their companies offer 410(k) retirement accounts, few employees actually use them. |
| Leaving the nest Adult sons are about 2.5 times more likely to live with their parents than are adult daughters. |
TOP GROSSING TOUR OF 1997: U2 $138.5 Millions. Rolling Stones $89.4 Millions. Michael Jackson $83.5 Millions. Source: Amusement Business Music appeal Higher ticket prices raised 1997's worldwide gross by 20% over 1996 to more than $1 billion. http://www.usatoday.com/snapshot/life/lsnap071.htm |
 | Solid Gold King Source: Recording Industry Assoc. of America Solid gold King Elvis Presley has more gold albums (at least 500,000 sold) than any other recording artist. |
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 | Mozart has their ear Source: Interep Research Forty-five commercial radio stations broadcast classical music and about 10 million adults listen. |
| Population slowdown After peaking at over 4 million in 1990, the number of births in the USA has declined every year this decade |
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| Most populous nations Within 50 years, India is expected to surpass China as the country with the most people. |