Just how fascinated is America with fireworks? A look at all the different ways dollars are spent provides some illumination.
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American consumers are on pace to spend $13 million more on fireworks than we did last year to celebrate Independence Day. That’s partly because the Fourth of July falls on a Friday in 2014, partly because the costs of pretty much everything rises year after year, and partly because, well, we just really love fireworks.