Americans are retarded.....

[Malta]

Nearly half of Americans have cut back on spending, including for travel, food and health care, in order to afford their technology.

The CNBC All-America Economic Survey found that 49 percent of the 805 respondents economize to afford technology. The nationwide survey, with margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percent, found the top way to save for technology, chosen by about a third, is to cut back on traditional entertainment such as movies and restaurants. But 20 percent report cutting back on clothing, 11 percent purchase less food and 10 percent have reduced spending on health care.

When it comes to which technology is the most important, Americans clearly choose the cellphone. Asked which bills they definitely would pay if they ran into hard times, 39 percent said they would make sure to get a check in the mail for their cellphones, compared with 28 percent for Internet services and 20 percent for pay television, such as satellite or cable. But just 46 percent felt totally committed to paying their credit card bills, just five points above the response for paying for cellphone bills.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/102067247

Basically people in this country would rather rock the latest phone than travel, eat and be in good health. These phone companies sitting back like

That movie Idiocracy really seems like it might have predicted the future of this country. People can spend their money however they want, but I don't think the majority of people stop to breakdown just how much money they're pissing into the wind on their phone/cable bill, it's no wonder people don't have any savings and are in debt.

 

[observe]

Whatcha know about copping shoes when you can't pay rent..

I be going retarded too

 

[dc007]

A lot of people just want to look cool. How else can you explain people standing in line for a freakin Iphone? A lot of people are also tied to their cable and once that promotion rate is up

I think Americans in general aren't that interested in traveling for some reason. The culture promotes hard work and not much leisure time. My best friend would rather go to the club and spend 50-150 a week than save that money and hit Brazil with me

 

[the cac mamba]

apple dikkriders

 

[All Women Are Queens]

no shyt

 

[Malta]

A lot of people just want to look cool. How else can you explain people standing in line for a freakin Iphone? A lot of people are also tied to their cable and once that promotion rate is up

I think Americans in general aren't that interested in traveling for some reason. The culture promotes hard work and not much leisure time. My best friend would rather go to the club and spend 50-150 a week than save that money and hit Brazil with me

Fam, I feel like I'm from a different planet sometimes, I can't even fathom why someone would need to camp out or have to have a phone on day 1. We not talking about a real necessity, we talking about a phone, not a necessity but a phone that does everything that the phone you're getting rid of does

I agree, if you're not working hard then something is wrong with you, you need to be killing yourself and you absolutely need to buy that new phone to show off that you can afford it. Dudes would be able to travel or save a grip of money if they got rid of cable and went with a cheaper phone plan, but they gotta be tied to the contract cause nobody is willing to buy the phone off contract

 

[ikbm]

nikkas going in debt to pretend to be texting someone in a social situation to avoid talking to real human beings whilst really playing candy crush

 

[Soundwave]

I agree, people should travel more @Malta

 

[dc007]

Fam, I feel like I'm from a different planet sometimes, I can't even fathom why someone would need to camp out or have to have a phone on day 1. We not talking about a real necessity, we talking about a phone, not a necessity but a phone that does everything that the phone you're getting rid of does

I agree, if you're not working hard then something is wrong with you, you need to be killing yourself and you absolutely need to buy that new phone to show off that you can afford it. Dudes would be able to travel or save a grip of money if they got rid of cable and went with a cheaper phone plan, but they gotta be tied to the contract cause nobody is willing to buy the phone off contract

I got rid of my cable, its not as bad as I thought it was going to be. You can literally watch anything without it. I thought the bill was too much and I can comfortably afford it.

nikkas going in debt to pretend to be texting someone in a social situation to avoid talking to real human beings whilst really playing candy crush

Man people even buy their kids expensive ass phones

 

[Malta]

I agree, people should travel more @Malta

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

I agree, people should travel more @Malta

go to iceland brehs

 

[The Bilingual Gringo]

I saw this on the news this morning, I was but not really surprised ultimately. We've grown to have a rather sheltered culture here.

 

[baracka zulu]

Break breaking news that isn't really breaking news, brehs

 

[Tuneday]

They're fat too!

 

[Malcolmxxx_23]

I saw this on the news this morning, I was but not really surprised ultimately. We've grown to have a rather sheltered culture here.

Canadians are much the same