If you had purchased $1000 worth of shares of Delta Airlines one year ago, you will have $49.00* today. If you had purchased $1000 worth of shares of AIG one year ago, you will have $33.00* today. If you had purchased $1000 worth of shares of Lehman Brothers one year ago, you will have $00.00 today. BUT, if you had purchased $1000 worth of beer one year ago, drank all the beer, then turned in the aluminum cans for recycling, you will have $214.00. Based on the above, the best current investment plan is to drink heavily & recycle. It is called 401-Keg.
A recent study found that the average American walks around 900 miles a year. Another study found that Americans drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year. That means, on average, Americans get about 41 miles to the gallon.