When we consider consumption inequality, the type that actually matters, the difference between the top 10% and bottom 10% is around 6 to 1.

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Yet the consequences of unrestricted consumption, which Americans must indirectly bear through the increasingly unbearable burden of Type II diabetes, will become increasingly dire if left unchecked.

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One way or another, parents do need to be involved in the type of media their children consume and do their best to give that consumption context.

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The second type of tax reform would replace or supplement the income tax with a broad tax on consumption.

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But he says this type of freight delivery accounts for only about one percent of all U.S. oil consumption.

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