73% of households report they are personally doing “Okay or better” financially.
58% of registered voters say they are living paycheck to paycheck.
Literally every self-reported metric about the economy contradicts the next one.
I asked my buddy at work how he was doing and he said “I need to get this money, ya know? It’s tight.” Meanwhile, he’s paying weekly for what I pay monthly for a car. My phones are always bought secondhand and for the most part I only blow money on videogames.
You can be “doing good” financially because you make enough money to afford the lifestyle you want while “living paycheck to paycheck” because you spend 100% on your lifestyle.
73% of households report they are personally doing “Okay or better” financially.
I call absolute bullshit. There is no way that could possibly be representative.
That number seems really low…and also not news. I’m 40 years old, and never met anyone who WASN’T living paycheck to paycheck.
Dual income, no kids. Not living paycheck to paycheck.
But yeah, all of our friends are single and living paycheck to paycheck.
I don’t get out much, so I have no clue how others are doing. I’ll admit that shit sucks right now, but I haven’t been living paycheck to paycheck since working part time in my early 20s over a decade ago. I live in a low COL area and make about $35-$40,000 a year. I only spend maybe $15,000 a year. I may never be able to buy a house, but I’m far off from paycheck to paycheck. It makes me wonder if people who are living that way are maybe just living outside of their means?
It makes me wonder if people who are living that way are maybe just living outside of their means?
Could also be a large percentage of people have significant student loans and/or medical debt.
Or just shit luck. A string of expensive things breaking can put you in a hole.
