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Stockton is giving people $500 a month. Here’s how they’re spending it
- jborichevskiy 7y ago> about 38 percent of purchases each month go toward food, and 25 percent on sales and merchandise such as clothing, home goods and items from discount stores such as Walmart. > Gas, electric and telecommunication bill payments make up the third largest spending category, about 11 percent. Less than 1 percent of total money tracked has been spent at alcohol or tobacco retailers, according to SEED spokeswoman Amanda Blanton.
- RenRav 7y agoIf they had prior data on their spending to compare against, that would be interesting to see if anything changed immediately.