MONEY IS A PROBLEM FOR EVERYONE IN AMERICA
DEBT
Debt is a way of life for Americans, with overall U.S. household debt increasing by 11% in the past decade. Today, the average household with credit card debt has balances totaling $6,929, the average household with student loan debt has balances totaling $47,671, and the average household with any kind of debt owes $135,768, including mortgages.1
TAXES
In 2018, Americans will work until April 19th to pay its tax burden. Americans collectively will spend more on taxes in 2018 than it did on food, clothing and housing combined.2
INFLATION
$1.00 in 1972 is worth less than 17 cents today. The average inflation rate from 1972 to 2018 was about 3.97%.3
SAVINGS
Americans save less than anyone in the world. In 2017, the average American saved about 5.4% of their income, compared to Germany at 9.8% and Spain at 11.78%.4
LIFE INSURANCE
If you died tomorrow, your family could be broke in a year. The average face amount of individual life insurance policies issued in
2017 was only $163,000.5
LONG-TERM CARE
We are living longer and more likely to get a chronic, critical or terminal illness before we die. In 2018, the annual median cost of
a Home Health Aide was $50,340 and the annual median cost of a private room in a Nursing Home was $100,380.6
RETIREMENT
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the average American 65 and older retires on income of $36,895 or less a year. 10% of all
Americans retire in poverty.7
1 Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/254619/face-amount-valueof-
individual-life-insurance-policies-purchased
2 Source: https://taxfoundation.org/publications/tax-freedom-day/
3 Source: http://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=1&year=1972
4 Source: https://tradingeconomics.com
5 Source: https://www.statista.com/statistics/254619/face-amount-valueof-
individual-life-insurance-policies-purchased/
6 Source: https://www.genworth.com/about-us/industry-expertise/cost-of-care.html
7 Source: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2015/demo/p60-252.pdf
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