# Stephen Moore wrote on August 5, 2026 that Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.

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## Receipts
- 2026-08-06T05:06:28.610Z: Americans Paid More in Taxes Than Food, Clothing, and Housing Combined in 2025
- 2026-08-06T05:06:28.610Z: screenshot_timestamp
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: subject_identity
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: Stephen Moore directly published the statement and an attached chart attributed to the Committee to Unleash Prosperity.
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: First-party X post with an attached chart; no separate reporter byline appears.
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: Stephen Moore wrote on August 5, 2026 that Americans now pay more in taxes than they spend on food, clothing, and shelter combined.
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: Directly fetched first-party post retains Moore's aggregate comparison and the attached chart.
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: The official BEA interactive NIPA application is the stated source family for personal consumption and tax aggregates, but the chart's exact 2025 series selection was not reproduced in this window.
- 2026-08-06T05:18:30.000Z: The post and chart establish the published aggregate comparison, while the available record does not fully define included tax series, consumption categories, revisions, or household interpretation.