return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 years ago29% of US households have jobs but struggle to cover basic needs: They are 'one emergency from poverty,' one expert sayswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up198arrow-down1external-link29% of US households have jobs but struggle to cover basic needs: They are 'one emergency from poverty,' one expert sayswww.cnbc.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 years agoWay low. A fifth of people in the US have no emergency fund at all. A third have something squirreled away but not enough to cover 3 months of expenses. That’s half the country right there that’s living on the edge of ruin.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI’d save if I could. But yeah this sums it up.
Way low. A fifth of people in the US have no emergency fund at all. A third have something squirreled away but not enough to cover 3 months of expenses. That’s half the country right there that’s living on the edge of ruin.
I’d save if I could. But yeah this sums it up.