How The Average U.S. Consumer Spends Their Paycheck

[monty21]

Quote from TorontoTrader2:

The issue that you're not allowed to mention is: 50% of that tax then goes to the military industrial comple,x much of it via no-bid contracts!! Hey, no other country has military bases in or occupries over 100 countries...you have to suffer for it.
And no, it does not "bring peace".

They have you scared, wettign your pants with the line: "if we cut even .0001% from the no-bid contracts then it will 'embolden our enemies'".

 

[theDudeAbides]

Good point on transportation being surprisingly expensive. Many drive cars they can't afford....and car insurance isn't cheap (I assume that's in that pie piece)

Healthcare seems (relatively) inexpensive but of course much of that cost is subsidized by employers and hence that expense is included in everything else you buy....