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kevinbgoode Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-28-09 10:33 PM
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19. Sure...anything that is deducted from your paycheck that comes
directly from your earnings (except the employer contribution) AND anything you write a check for, too. . .insurance is. . .insurance. I just think it's interesting for us to look at the wide disparity - and the large percentages, of our income that is earmarked for "insurance" of various kinds - especially since every category always goes UP in price.
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  -What percentage of your income is spent on all types of insurance? kevinbgoode  Jul-28-09 08:17 PM   #0 
  - Excellent question! k+r, n/t  ColbertWatcher   Jul-28-09 08:19 PM   #1 
  - Opps! Mine's about 20% n/t  ColbertWatcher   Jul-30-09 02:46 AM   #27 
  - About the same as you.  GoesTo11   Jul-28-09 08:31 PM   #2 
  - Here's mine  SmileyRose   Jul-28-09 08:44 PM   #3 
  - Oops..thanks for mentioning the medicare insurance  kevinbgoode   Jul-28-09 09:13 PM   #8 
  - rent then most of the rest insurance it is disgusting.  bkkyosemite   Jul-28-09 08:50 PM   #4 
  - Retired. Manditory car insurance 4.6%. No other insurance of any kind.  Speck Tater   Jul-28-09 09:04 PM   #5 
  - 50% of my take-home pay. Easily.  Horse with no Name   Jul-28-09 09:06 PM   #6 
  - That is insane.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Jul-28-09 10:22 PM   #13 
     - Yeah. It really is.  Horse with no Name   Jul-28-09 10:26 PM   #15 
  - About 7% of net for house and car  Catshrink   Jul-28-09 09:10 PM   #7 
  - Here's mine- Glad you brought this up  finecraft   Jul-28-09 09:28 PM   #9 
  - 20 percent for health and car insurance.  SeattleGirl   Jul-28-09 09:30 PM   #10 
  - I'm amazed as well. . .it's like we all use disposable income  kevinbgoode   Jul-28-09 10:24 PM   #14 
  - Aboiut 25%  Blue_In_AK   Jul-28-09 10:10 PM   #11 
  - was approx. 60% before I dropped health ins  handmade34   Jul-28-09 10:20 PM   #12 
  - Wrong place. Sorry yours is so high.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Jul-28-09 10:33 PM   #20 
  - None. No income. No insurance.  wickerwoman   Jul-28-09 10:26 PM   #16 
  - Including payroll deductions for workman's comp insurance and the like?  BlooInBloo   Jul-28-09 10:29 PM   #17 
  - Sure...anything that is deducted from your paycheck that comes  kevinbgoode   Jul-28-09 10:33 PM   #19 
  - The only insurance I buy is what the law requires: auto liability. And that is it.  KDFW   Jul-28-09 10:32 PM   #18 
  - Let's see.  Fire_Medic_Dave   Jul-28-09 10:34 PM   #21 
  - Just auto insurance  Cresent City Kid   Jul-28-09 10:40 PM   #22 
  - homeowners + auto + health = about 25% of net  imdjh   Jul-29-09 11:17 AM   #23 
  - 80% and up.  Festivito   Jul-29-09 09:48 PM   #24 
  - 19.4%  ContinentalOp   Jul-29-09 10:19 PM   #25 
  - About 3.5%  Angleae   Jul-30-09 02:40 AM   #26 
 

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