return2ozma@lemmy.world to A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world · 5 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-square13fedilinkarrow-up1247arrow-down13cross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
arrow-up1244arrow-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 · 5 months agomessage-square13fedilinkcross-posted to: news@lemmy.world
minus-squareTexasDrunk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·5 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.
minus-squareSanctus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months 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.