Web Watch remembers the old adage when we were just starting out to be able to sustain ourselves on our own.
“When you make your budget, you should always devote 1/3 to housing, 1/3 to transportation, and 1/3 for everything else.”
Now, we may not have been able to follow that breakdown exactly, but it’s not necessarily that far from the truth of how AMERICANS ACTUALLY SPEND THEIR PAYCHECK. Especially if you take into account the need for saving some money for retirement or a rainy day, that ratio may be better split into quarters:
“devote 1/4 to housing, 1/4 to transportation, 1/4 put away in the bank/IRA/investments, 1/4 for everything else”
That seems to be closer to the truth. Let’s take a look at how the average 48-year-old spends their average $63,091 annual salary (before taxes):
Continue reading "How does the average American spend their paycheck?"
Urinal
$25 iTunes Gift Card
There are 4 different cinnamons, 3 of them are fake, and tasters can’t tell the difference
A few years ago, Web Watch wrote about how ARTIFICIAL VANILLA CONTAINS COAL TAR.
It ends up that there are many different artificial food products that contain ingredients that we may or may not know about.
Take, for example, the simple cinnamon stick.
Did you know that there really are three different products that are commonly sold as “cinnamon sticks”?
Did you know that only one of them is actually really considered “cinnamon”?
Continue reading "There are 4 different cinnamons, 3 of them are fake, and tasters can’t tell the difference" »