Top 10 Ways Americans Spent Their 2008 Economic Stimulus Checks

Last spring millions of Americans received an unexpected windfall -- checks from the federal government. Since then, the United States Federal Bureau of Statistics (USFEDBS), a fictional government agency created to track useless statistics, has been closely monitoring the results of the 2008 Economic Stimulus Checks to gauge their impact on the American economy.

The checks, part of the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act, were designed to boost the American economy by providing extra money for Americans to spend.

"The act was created so that average Americans would have extra money to buy consumer goods, thus dumping billions back into the American economy," according to Alan Hineke, spokesperson for the USFEDBS.

To demonstrate the effectiveness of the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act, the USFEDBS recently released the results of the ways Americans spent their Economic Stimulus checks, tabulated for the first time here.

Top 10 Ways Americans Spent Their 2008 Economic Stimulus Checks

1. 28% of Americans spent their economic stimulus checks buying home electronics made in China.

2. 17% of Americans spent their economic stimulus checks buying new furniture made in China.

3. 14% of Americans spent their economic stimulus checks on a new computers made in China.

4. 11% of Americans used their economic stimulus checks to buy new clothes made in China.

5. 10% of Americans used their economic stimulus checks to make a down payment on a new car made in Japan.

6. 8% of Americans spent their economic stimulus checks buying gas and oil imported from the Middle East.

7. 6% of Americans used their economic stimulus checks to pay for vacations overseas.

8. 3% of Americans used their economic stimulus checks to buy illegal drugs imported from South America.

9. 2% of Americans used their economic stimulus checks to post bail.

10. The remaining 1% was divided between paying back taxes, job hunting, food, paying off student loans, getting a new tattoo and/or piercing, renewing their ad on Yahoo Personals, buying lottery tickets and postponing utter destitution for a few weeks.

"We're really excited by the ways the citizens of this great land contributed to the American economy," said Hineke. "Clearly the data show just how effective the 2008 Economic Stimulus Act was in boosting our economy."

To really see how average Americans spent their stimulus checks, click HERE.