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Playing Average Sucks
5 min readNov 1, 2023
Playing average sucks. Do you want to suck for the rest of your life? Playing average kept me in a hotel for 8 years, causing me to go into major debt, lose out on a football scholarship, get dumped by hot girlfriends, lose clients to competitors, and be fired from every job I have had. During this election year, politicians are catering to the “Average American” to secure their vote. They are making empty promises to take care of the middle class and help… well the average.
Here is what Average gets you in America:
- Average Household Income $50,756 76% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck
- 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings
- 65% of those 65 and older have less than $25,000 in their retirement accounts
- 21% of Americans of all Americans have no savings at all
- 43% of American households spend more money than they earn
- The Middle-Class Income has dropped
- 51% of All American workers make less than $30,000 per year
- Nearly Half of Americans have less than $400 in cash
The Average Small Business:
- 91% of small businesses in America make less than $250,000 per year
- 76% of small businesses in America break even or lose money
- 54% of small businesses in America make less than $25,000 per year