“Consumer units” (which include families, financially independent individuals, and people living in a single household who share expenses) spent an average of $9,562 on food and clothing in 2017, according to BLS.
But they spent $16,749 on federal, state and local taxes.
And given how much food costs these days, that's saying something.
Now, I would say that the state you live in makes a huge difference. My house in Wisconsin, which is just under 1000 square feet and on 1/4 of an acre in a rural town makes me pay more property taxes than my parent's home which is over twice as large and sits on over 20 acres of land. My house is valued at roughly one-quarter of what my parent's property is, but I pay more property taxes. Think about that.
Gas taxes. Kalifornia's gas tax is 69¢ per gallon. Idaho is 43.4¢. If a person in each state used ten gallons of gas each week, then the person in Idaho is paying $2.56 less each week for gas. $133.12 per year. (Cheapest gas tax? Alaska. 26.4¢ per gallon)
But still, forcing the average family to pay more to the government than they pay to feed and clothe themselves might just explain why this country is so damn screwed up. And then when you realize that this country is spending far more than it takes in? Red Curtain Of Blood.
Things that cannot go on forever, won't. There's going to be a massive crash. Hell, it might coincide with Civil War v.2. Buy guns and ammo.
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