What Westerners spend their money on
‘It is astonishing,’ writes Craig Blomberg, ‘to see what Westerners spend their money on.’ Compared with what Americans spend on overseas Protestant ministries, they spend approximately
- one and a half times as much on chewing gum
- twice as much on cut flowers
- five times as much on pets
- seven times as much on sweets
- seventeen times as much on dieting
- twenty times as much on sporting activities
- twenty-six times as much on soft drinks
- 140 times as much on legalised gambling
Neither Poverty Nor Riches, IVP, 1999, p19
[Although these figures date back to the 1980s and early 90s, there is no reason to suppose that the general trend has reversed.]