Amount Americans spent on cosmetic surgery (2007): $13 billion
[http://www.cosmeticplasticsurgerystatistics.com/statistics.html#2007-NEWS]
Amount Americans spent on pets (2007): $41 billion
[http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_32/b4045001.htm]
Amount Americans spent on cosmetic products (2006): ~$57 billion
[http://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&source=web&ct=res&cd=1&ved=0CA4QFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.marketresearch.com%2Fbrowse.asp%3Fsortby%3Dp%26categoryid%3D1547%26g%3D1&ei=cloRS4WjMYiUnQe5hrTVAw&usg=AFQjCNGFuft3kDgChdjSMRYuih8XZyKGwA&sig2=Sb0vAfSz1p0YibcGISaS9Q]
Amounds Americans spent on net official development assistance i.e. foreign aid (2007): ~$25 billion
http://www.globalissues.org/article/35/us-and-foreign-aid-assistance#ForeignAidNumbersinChartsandGraphs
Not to knock on Americans per se, I think the patterns are reasonably consistent around the world
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