How the rich, the poor and those in between spend their money

It might not be what you'd expect. As NPR's Planet Money lays out in this graphic (data is from the Consumer Expenditure Survey), everybody spends about the same proportional amount on housing, clothing, and eating out. Where the rich spend more - actually a lot more - is on education and retirement. That's because those items are usually paid after everything else and poor people often don't have any money left over after everything else.