Centrist pundits take issue with Bernie Sanders’s frequent claim that 60% of Americans are living “paycheck to paycheck.” His critics’ attempts to debunk this statistic aren’t convincing.
50-60% with some being self imposed ie high income living ourside their means so likely closer to 40-50% of people who are actually a pay check away from being destitute
I’m not sure that pisses my vibe check. 10% of people are smart enough to make good money and not be poor, but are dumb enough to fuck it up? That seems high. Mostly because I don’t think that many people make good money.
I know 100 people, and I can’t think of ten like that.
But if you mean “make not great money and fail to super optimize because of the stress”, that I get.
Income is primarily in function of class and social background
And many suburban millenails expect to live like they grew up and that is no longer economicaly feasible without parental assistance even if you make “good” money.
Best example if people in major cities with 100k plus income loving pay check to pay check and crying about cost of living. Which is fair and all but there people in that same city living on 60k. So from that perspective it is a bit clown.
50-60% with some being self imposed ie high income living ourside their means so likely closer to 40-50% of people who are actually a pay check away from being destitute
I’m not sure that pisses my vibe check. 10% of people are smart enough to make good money and not be poor, but are dumb enough to fuck it up? That seems high. Mostly because I don’t think that many people make good money.
I know 100 people, and I can’t think of ten like that.
But if you mean “make not great money and fail to super optimize because of the stress”, that I get.
Cute of you to correlate smarts with income…
Income is primarily in function of class and social background
And many suburban millenails expect to live like they grew up and that is no longer economicaly feasible without parental assistance even if you make “good” money.
Best example if people in major cities with 100k plus income loving pay check to pay check and crying about cost of living. Which is fair and all but there people in that same city living on 60k. So from that perspective it is a bit clown.