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America's Teens (2007 Annual Teens & Money Survey)
• Over 1 million American high school seniors use credit cards, but only 26% knew how credit card interest and fees work
• Only 14% of teens understood taxes, and 34% were knowledgeable about how to pay bills
• Only 7 states (Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Missouri, Utah, South Dakota) require a high school personal finance course
America's College Students (Jump$tart Coalition)
• 45% of college students have an average of $3,000 or more in credit card debt
• University administrators nationwide stated that they lose more students to credit card debt than to academic failure
America's Adults (Wall Street Journal)
• 70% of American adults live paycheck to paycheck
• The No. 1 cause of stress in the workplace today is personal financial problems
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