Car Dealers: $693 billion.
U.S. Consumer Spending
The figures below will put in perspective how inexpensive it is to address
poverty in the year 2006. The consumer spending listed is the amount
Americans spend each year at the various stores.
The figures below will put in perspective how inexpensive it is to address
poverty in the year 2006. The consumer spending listed is the amount
Americans spend each year at the various stores.
Furniture Stores: $91 billion.
Annual Cost of...
• Eliminating hunger globally: $19 billion.
• Providing education for every kid on earth: $12 billion.
• Providing access to water and sanitation: $15 billion.
• Reversing the spread of AIDS and Malaria: $23 billion.
• Eliminating hunger globally: $19 billion.
• Providing education for every kid on earth: $12 billion.
• Providing access to water and sanitation: $15 billion.
• Reversing the spread of AIDS and Malaria: $23 billion.
Golf Courses: $17 billion.
Sporting Events: $22 billion.
Clothing Stores: $167 billion.
Casinos: $12 billion.
Gasoline Stations: $249 billion.
Shoe Stores: $22 billion.
Restaurants: $144 billion.
Amusement Parks: $8 billion.
Annual Cost of...
• Eliminating hunger globally: $19 billion.
• Providing education for every kid on earth: $12 billion.
• Providing access to water and sanitation: $15 billion.
• Reversing the spread of AIDS and Malaria: $23 billion.
• Eliminating hunger globally: $19 billion.
• Providing education for every kid on earth: $12 billion.
• Providing access to water and sanitation: $15 billion.
• Reversing the spread of AIDS and Malaria: $23 billion.
Florists: $6.6 billion.
Electronic and Appliance Stores: $82 billion
Jewelery Stores: $23 billion.
Grocery Stores: $415 billion
Zoos and Botanical Gardens: $1.7 billion.
Doughnut Shops: $3 billion.
Coffee Shops: $4 billion.
Sources: World Bank, U.S. Department of
Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census
Commerce, Census Bureau, 2002 Economic Census
