Interesting Facts about US Consumption

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Americans give record $295B to charity
Updated 6/25/2007

Church collection plates must've been full this year as Americans donated $96.82 billion to religious organizations.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and the Asian tsunami.
Donors contributed an estimated $295.02 billion in 2006, a 1% increase when adjusted for inflation, up from $283.05 billion in 2005. Excluding donations for disaster relief, the total rose 3.2%, inflation-adjusted, according to an annual report released Monday by the Giving USA Foundation at Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy.

I realize this is dated a few years ago, but it still holds true that America and Americans are very charitable.
The size of the donations have probably gone done recently in light of the economic conditions.
Hopefully that will turn around soon.