Sentences with phrase «cost average americans»

On Tuesday, a group of key Republicans hosted a summit on Capitol Hill to bash the Waxman - Markey bill as an «energy tax» that would cost average Americans $ 3,100 a year (though that figure has been thoroughly debunked).

Boxer touted EPA findings that say the legislation she co-authored with Kerry would cost the average American household between 22 cents and 30 cents a day.

Meanwhile, we might afford to go to the restaurants or buy brand clothes once in a while, there are costs an average American wouldn't be able to pay right away.

After extensive study he has concluded that the activities of mankind are not creating a climate crisis and the active global warming / climate change campaign underway today is costing the average American family thousands of dollars a year and creating food shortages and starvation in the third world.

The analyses of Waxman - Markey concluded that the bill would cost the average American household between $ 84 and $ 160 per year by 2020, which corresponds to $ 0.67 to $ 1.28 per person per week.

Consider that the latest version of cap and trade would have raised $ 177 billion every year and cost the average American family several thousand dollars per year in higher gasoline and electricity costs.

A better public investment would be in the range of $ 30 to $ 80 billion annually, which would cost the average American less than a dollar a day.

Not exact matches

Research suggests that an average American worker powers through 10,000 sheets of paper a year, each of which costs a company about $ 0.03.

Shoplifting cost American retailers $ 11.7 billion in 2009, representing about 35 % of the industry's «shrink» — inventory lost to theft and error — and costing the average retailer about 1.5 % of profits.

The average American buys 64 new garments each year, regardless of income, writes the author Elizabeth L. Cline in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion.

In a 2013 survey, American inbound marketers spending more than $ 25,000 per year saved an average of 13 percent in overall cost per lead ($ 36 versus $ 41 with outbound).

An average American funeral costs anywhere from $ 8,000 to $ 10,000 (up from an average cost of $ 706 in 1960).

But everyday American women face even greater costs for giving birth at average U.S. hospitals — and don't even receive better prenatal care or maternal services for their financial troubles.

The average cost of a traditional, non-C-Section delivery at an American hospital is $ 10,808, according to the most recent survey data from the International Federation of Health Plans.

Of course, the move would also cost them billions in revenue — the FCC estimates that the average American household pays $ 231 in set - top box rental fees per year, a number that's only gone up over the past couple of decades.

The average Thanksgiving meal for 10 people costs about $ 50, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation.

As of 2015, American parents spend, on average, US$ 233,610 on child costs from birth until the age of 17, not including college.

Americans spend 42 hours on average sitting in congestion every year, costing each driver roughly $ 1,400, and last week the American Roads & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) reported that more than 54,000 of the country's 612,677 bridges are rated «structurally deficient.»

On average, Americans paid about $ 707 in moving costs, according to HomeAdvisor.com.

The pressure of real wages against living costs is enormous for the average American.

The average American makes $ 58,000 a year and it costs more to live than that.

Many people would have to start from scratch to save up the roughly $ 35,000 average cost of an American wedding.

The 35 % of Americans who rent pay just a little less than homeowners each year for their rent, maintenance costs, and renters insurance, an average of $ 9,477.

The average American pays between $ 300 and $ 1,000 in homeowner's costs each year.

Gasoline prices up: Americans are expected to spend an average of $ 400 per household more on fuel this year than in 2016, as the rebound in crude prices is reflected in the cost of petrol at the pump.

Correa said in February that the South American nation is receiving as little as $ 30 a barrel for its crude, while production costs average about $ 39.

Green also reminded the Congressional members present that the «unregulated OTC derivatives market was at the heart of the 2007 - 2008 financial crisis, which cost 8.7 million Americans their jobs, 10 million families their homes, and eliminated 49 percent of the average middle - class family's wealth compared with 2001 levels.»

The average American carries over $ 15,000 in credit card debt and with the average credit card interest rate being around 13 % the cost to carry this balance cost $ 1,950 per year.

If food is destined to cost more, so be it — Americans spend an average of only 11 percent of their income on food now, while they spent more than 50 percent on food at the turn of the century.

Affordability rankings are calculated based on the average cost of care for one child in relation to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2015 American Community Survey that includes both married and single parent households with children.

On average, each of the 25.5 billion miles Americans drove while under the influence in 2010 cost the economy 12 jobs and reduced national economic output by $ 0.80 and GDP by $ 0.40.

A new study in the American Journal of Health Promotion finds that, on average, a morbidly obese employee costs an employer over $ 4,000 more per year in health care and related costs than an employee who is of normal weight.

In a 2013 American Dental Association report [PDF], the average cost of a two - surface, amalgam filling in a permanent tooth is $ 146.61.

Your new clean routine will fill the air with fewer chemicals and cost a fraction of the $ 42 the average American spends on household cleaners a month.

The average cost of liposuction is $ 3,200, according to 2016 statistics from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons.

As well as analyzing American dating costs, we decided to make a global comparison, and so we examined the average cost of a date night in 25 of the world's most interesting cities.

A study from the Center for American Progress also notes, «The average cost - effectiveness ratio of switching curriculum was almost 40 times that of class - size reduction.»

Even when they are told that «reducing average class sizes by three students would cost roughly the same amount as increasing teacher salaries by $ 10,000,» 44 percent of Americans select class - size reduction, whereas 28 percent select increasing teacher salaries.

The 2013 Education Next / Harvard University Program on Education and Governance (PEPG) survey found that the public's average estimate of the annual cost per student in American public schools was only $ 6,680.

According to a Center for American Progress report examining the largest school districts in the country, schools are closed for an average of 29 days each school year — not including summer recess — which is 13 days longer than the average private sector worker has in paid leave.58 Not only do days off increase the cost of child care, but the short length of the school day also decreases economic productivity when parents have to take time off from work or when parents with elementary school - age children opt out of full - time employment in order to accommodate their children's schedules.59

It takes decades for the average American salary to pay back a $ 100,000 college tuition loan, factoring in the cost of living expenses, taxes, and such.

The drought in California expectedly hit American States, but prudent cost control helped the company keep its operating margin above 20 % and grow its dividend at a compounded average clip of 10.7 % in the past five years.

Keeping their appetites at bay cost Americans an average of $ 6,602 in 2013.

Surprisingly, Americans 65 and older carry an average of $ 6,351 in credit card debt, and while that may not seem like a huge amount at first glance, it can really cost you in the long run.

American Express reports in a «Spending & Saving Tracker» summer travel survey that 75 percent of respondents plan to take a vacation, and the average expected costs for those trips are at $ 1,145 per person.

According to a 2015 study by The Pew Charitable Trusts, 60 % of Americans experienced a «financial shock» in the past 12 months and the average cost was $ 2,000.

The 35 % of Americans who rent pay just a little less than homeowners each year for their rent, maintenance costs, and renters insurance, an average of $ 9,477.

The Federal Housing Administration and state governments have special programs that keep closing costs low and require buyers to pay small down payments so that the average American can buy a home who may not have qualified otherwise.

60 % of Baby Boomers think they need less than $ 1 million in retirement [1]-- yet, experts estimate that the average American needs at least a quarter of a million for health care costs alone.

WASHINGTON — A child born in 2013 will cost a middle - income American family an average of $ 245,340 until he or she becomes an adult, with families living in the Northeast taking on a greater burden, according to a report out Monday.