Anti Federalist
08-30-2017, 10:42 PM
Consumer units, that is what our overlords call us now, "consumer units".
Also, absent, as far as I can see, is property taxation, which in some parts of the country is close to $1000 a month for a middle class home.
And also missing is government mandated health care insurance costs, which also are pushing $1000 a month or more for a family.
BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/bls-average-family-tax-bill-increased-411-4-years
By Terence P. Jeffrey | August 30, 2017 | 12:18 PM EDT
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.
https://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_100p/s3/food1.jpg?itok=elBO1zOM
https://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_100p/s3/tax1.jpg?itok=zfulrAgD
In 2016, according to the survey, there were 129,549,000 “consumer units” in the United States. The average before-tax income of an American consumer unit was $74,664 for the year. The consumer unit then paid an average of $10,489 in personal taxes—including $8,367 in federal income taxes, $2,046 in state and local income taxes, and $75 in other taxes.
Also, absent, as far as I can see, is property taxation, which in some parts of the country is close to $1000 a month for a middle class home.
And also missing is government mandated health care insurance costs, which also are pushing $1000 a month or more for a family.
BLS: Americans Spend More on Taxes Than Food and Clothing Combined
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/bls-average-family-tax-bill-increased-411-4-years
By Terence P. Jeffrey | August 30, 2017 | 12:18 PM EDT
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.
https://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_100p/s3/food1.jpg?itok=elBO1zOM
https://www.cnsnews.com/s3/files/styles/content_100p/s3/tax1.jpg?itok=zfulrAgD
In 2016, according to the survey, there were 129,549,000 “consumer units” in the United States. The average before-tax income of an American consumer unit was $74,664 for the year. The consumer unit then paid an average of $10,489 in personal taxes—including $8,367 in federal income taxes, $2,046 in state and local income taxes, and $75 in other taxes.