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planetmoney: A breakdown of what the average American household buys, based on government data (PDF) for December, 2011. We didn’t include everything, but we included the biggies, as well as some smaller categories that caught our eye. Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics Credit: Lam Thuy Vo / Planet Money I like how alcohol isn’t under “recreation” but “food.”

planetmoney:

A breakdown of what the average American household buys, based on government data (PDF) for December, 2011.

We didn’t include everything, but we included the biggies, as well as some smaller categories that caught our eye.

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

Credit: Lam Thuy Vo / Planet Money

I like how alcohol isn’t under “recreation” but “food.”


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    I like how alcohol isn’t under “recreation” but “food.”
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    drugs should be under recreation though haha
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    Yet the legal poverty rate is groceries x3…. So if you make anything more than approx. 20% of what the average household...
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