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It isn't totally off-base. Even today, the poorest consumers in middle-income countries spend 70-80% of their income on food. http://www.hindustantimes.com/int
by jdietrich 9y ago
It isn't totally off-base. Even today, the poorest consumers in middle-income countries spend 70-80% of their income on food.
http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/how-do-people-in-developing-countries-spend-money/ http://www.hindustantimes.com/interactives/how-do-people-in-...
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoIn the UK I'd be suprised if like us most of the income of other poorer people didn't go to landlords/banks through rent/mortgage payment? It may appear for those in state housing that food is their greatest outlay but that would only be if accommodation provided by welfare wasn't classed as "income". In Twain's position, and time, would food have certainly been the greatest outlay?