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2019-05-17 Economy
Half of Americans are just one paycheck away from financial disaster
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-17 01:20|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Looking for a government hand out
Posted by Uleck Spererong9442 2019-05-17 06:37||   2019-05-17 06:37|| Front Page Top

#2 would need to access savings to cover necessities if they missed more than one paycheck.

What would you expect them to use, the change in the couch?
Posted by AlanC 2019-05-17 07:23||   2019-05-17 07:23|| Front Page Top

#3 The Gubbamint Teat
Posted by Frank G 2019-05-17 07:28||   2019-05-17 07:28|| Front Page Top

#4 If only we had a government safety net like say Venezuela
Posted by Regular joe 2019-05-17 08:09||   2019-05-17 08:09|| Front Page Top

#5 Guaranteed National Incomes NOW, or we shall surely all DIE !
Posted by Besoeker 2019-05-17 08:43||   2019-05-17 08:43|| Front Page Top

#6 Wouldn't the 'working poor' be better off if they/we didn't have to pay all those taxes? Sales taxes up front and all the intermediary taxes levied on stuff from the ground to the store shelves? Strange how the pols never bring that up.
Posted by Procopius2k 2019-05-17 08:56||   2019-05-17 08:56|| Front Page Top

#7 Just print more money to cover the shortfall - problem solved!
Posted by Raj 2019-05-17 09:32||   2019-05-17 09:32|| Front Page Top

#8 AOC, Bernie and Warren will run on "If other people have money and you don't, we have plans to fix that..."
Posted by M. Murcek 2019-05-17 09:59||   2019-05-17 09:59|| Front Page Top

#9 I need a second mortgage so I can buy more stuff.
Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-05-17 14:08||   2019-05-17 14:08|| Front Page Top

#10 8 years of Obama drained most peoples savings and we were told it was a great economy.
Posted by rschwarz 2019-05-17 15:00||   2019-05-17 15:00|| Front Page Top

#11 I seem to remember hearing this same statistic decades ago.

Been there. Luckily my job didn't go away.
Posted by james  2019-05-17 21:36|| http://idontknowbut.blogspot.com  2019-05-17 21:36|| Front Page Top

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