Total expenses for the richest family in the bottom half of America?

• 24% taxes
• 27% housing
• 34% food, health care, child care, transportation, household needs
• 12% energy

That’s 97% of their income. The richest family among 70,000,000 households is left with just $1,500 for a car, appliances, a TV, a cell phone, a loan repayment, an occasional night out. It comes to $30 a week, barely enough to take the family out for a pizza.

(Source: azspot, via fyeahsociology)