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Here's How the Average American Spends the 24 Hours of Their Day

Jackie — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 13:33:41 +0000

I think we all get to the end of our day wishing that their were just a few more hours left to get EVERYTHING done. It makes you wonder what exactly are we doing with the 24 hours we have in each day. Well, the U.S. Department of Labor just released the results of their annual study in the Wall Street Journal on how we Americans use our time. And you'll be happy to know we work a little, we sleep a lot, and we don't waste our free time with ANYTHING productive.

Here's how the average American's 24 hours break down in a day and we'll also compare them to how we spent our hours in 2007, before the recession.

Americans Angry At Current State of the Country: Survey

95.7 KEZJ — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:30:23 +0000

Remember the American dream? Well, it might be a distant memory, if one survey is to be believed. A new poll of 600 Americans found citizens are upset about several issues. Seventy percent say the government isn’t fixing the problems facing the country. Eighty-one percent feel we’re not seeing the types of jobs we need. [...]

Americans Didn't Use $67 Billion of Vacation Time Last Year

Jackie — Thu, 26 May 2011 13:54:57 +0000

Have you used any of your vacation this year? The average American receive less vacation time than the workers in every other country . . . we're not even using the time off we DO get.

According to a survey by Expedia from CNN in 2010, the average American got 18 vacation days . . . but only used 14 of them.

Americans Love Every Single Government Service

95.7 KEZJ — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 14:54:41 +0000

Maybe the government COULD get a little smaller and COULD abuse us with fewer taxes . . . if only we didn’t love every single thing it does so damn much. According to a new Harris poll, basically, Americans love every government program, don’t know what we’d ever do without them, and wouldn’t really cut [...]