@return2ozma to A Boring Dystopia • 8 months ago29% of US households have jobs but struggle to cover basic needs: They are 'one emergency from poverty,' one expert sayswww.cnbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square13arrow-up1249arrow-down13cross-posted to: news
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-link29% of US households have jobs but struggle to cover basic needs: They are 'one emergency from poverty,' one expert sayswww.cnbc.com@return2ozma to A Boring Dystopia • 8 months agomessage-square13cross-posted to: news
minus-square@TexasDrunklink14•8 months 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.
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.