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BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined
Cybercast News Service ^ | August 30, 2017 | 12:18 PM EDT | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 08/30/2017 1:11:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Americans on average spent more on taxes in 2016 than they did on food and clothing combined, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The same data also shows that in three years—from 2013 to 2016—the average tax bill for Americans increased 41.13 percent.

In 2016, according to BLS, “consumer units” (which include families, financially independent individuals, and people living in a single household who share expenses) spent more on average on federal, state and local taxes ($10,489) than they did on food ($7,203) and clothing ($1,803) combined ($9,006).

The average tax bill for American “consumer units” increased from $7,423 in 2013 to $10,489 in 2016, according to data released this week by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The tax-and-spending data was collected as part of the BLS’s Consumer Expenditure Survey, which is conducted for the BLS by the Census Bureau. The survey measures the expenditures and incomes of American consumers. …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bls; clothing; food; gopestablishment; idontwantyourguns; obama; obamalegacy; obamaliar; obamamuslim; onethindime; rinos; taxation; taxes; trumptaxes; trumptaxreform
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1 posted on 08/30/2017 1:11:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That’s the way they want it. How else could we subsidize our own demise?


2 posted on 08/30/2017 1:14:58 PM PDT by raybbr (That progressive bumper sticker on your car might just as well say, "Yes, I'm THAT stupid!")
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To: Olog-hai

Well, yeah........How do you expect the Brahmins of the Beltway to keep up their lavish lifestyle AND buy your votes?


3 posted on 08/30/2017 1:15:08 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t we pay tax on clothes as well? I bought a pair of socks and sneakers a few weeks ago and I’m pretty sure they taxed me.


4 posted on 08/30/2017 1:17:19 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Trump: Greatest POTUS of all time solely for preventing Satan taking office.)
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To: Olog-hai
BS! We spend more on taxes than HOUSING, FOOD, and CLOTHING combined. If they only got up to FOOD & CLOTHING, they weren't counting all the taxes we suffer from.
5 posted on 08/30/2017 1:18:33 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda

You’re not getting the point.


6 posted on 08/30/2017 1:18:51 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Olog-hai

That’s only true if you’re actually on balance paying taxes. Since roughly half of the country doesn’t, it’s twice as bad for those who do.


7 posted on 08/30/2017 1:21:15 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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I just did a detailed retirement budget--in my case federal, local and state taxes were three times the family food and clothing budget--a little less than three times if you include the dog food. No wonder I have such an "attitude" on this topic.
8 posted on 08/30/2017 1:21:58 PM PDT by cgbg (Hidden behind the social justice warrior mask is corruption and sexual deviance.)
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To: Olog-hai

My Federal alone is more than my gas, electric and mortgage combined.


9 posted on 08/30/2017 1:23:55 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Olog-hai

We’ll I’d like to buy more clothes. And better food. But I can’t. Having said that, most would be shocked at how much I make and still be in this position. But between healthcare, health insurance, taxes, fees, tolls, assessments utilities and such, I’m feeling pretty poor.

Worked at a defense contractor business for 33 years, then came obama.


10 posted on 08/30/2017 1:25:56 PM PDT by subterfuge (Save the monuments!!)
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To: Olog-hai

“Tax Freedom Day” was on April 23rd this year.
For 4/12 of the year, the average American works for the tax collector.


11 posted on 08/30/2017 1:26:07 PM PDT by Repeal The 17th (I was conceived in liberty, how about you?)
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To: Olog-hai

And congress will continue to screw us all.


12 posted on 08/30/2017 1:27:18 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: Olog-hai

No great surprise, here. It’s been like this for many years, in our house. And, we are not high wage earners.


13 posted on 08/30/2017 1:27:37 PM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. Mr Trump, we've got your six.)
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To: Repeal The 17th

Much ado about nothing. Food is cheap and the markup on clothes is so high just wait for the prices to go down. Made in Pakistan helps.


14 posted on 08/30/2017 1:28:00 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET (urope. Why do they put up with this.)
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They sent all the jobs overseas so people would think things are cheaper and they could raise taxes and they would not notice..


15 posted on 08/30/2017 1:33:54 PM PDT by Hojczyk
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They sent all the jobs overseas so people would think things are cheaper and they could raise taxes and they would not notice..


16 posted on 08/30/2017 1:36:07 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Olog-hai

Sobering. The Obama era.


17 posted on 08/30/2017 1:36:46 PM PDT by mad_as_he$$ (Not my circus. Not my monkeys.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

Oscar Meyer bacon is $8.49/pound.


18 posted on 08/30/2017 1:37:18 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Olog-hai
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19 posted on 08/30/2017 1:37:23 PM PDT by blam
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To: subterfuge

I’ve been there. I used to work with people that made a lot less money than I did and couldn’t understand why I couldn’t afford all the nice things they had, and expensive lunches everyday, and Starbucks two or three times a day. I was saving some money too with tax differed retirement plans, which was one of the wisest things I ever did.


20 posted on 08/30/2017 1:37:25 PM PDT by Rusty0604
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