Almost two thirds don't have $500 to pay for car repair

Jan 24, 2016 00:23

Almost two in three Americans don't have enough savings to pay for a $500 car repair or a $1,000 emergency room bill, according to a new Bankrate reportOnly 37% of U.S. adults have enough savings to pay for these unexpected expenses. 23% would reduce their spending on other things to make ends meet, 15% would use credit cards and another 15% would ( Read more... )

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cieldumort January 25 2016, 00:26:15 UTC
Not even some pluck. Just more hard work. Takers be haters.

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cieldumort January 25 2016, 01:41:35 UTC
You really think The Donald is a plant? I'm not convinced. Yeah, he's sounding pretty fascist at times, but would he govern this way? Would he even be able to, let alone want to? It would have been pretty funny to see some of these candidates have to run adds ending in "Brought to you by Koch!" or, "Things go better with Koch!" lulz

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ext_3488948 January 25 2016, 00:33:08 UTC
This is no shock to me, to be honest! Hopefully this is a thing that we can work on and improve within the next few years. It's a major problem and a shame.

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cieldumort January 25 2016, 01:38:33 UTC
But what about the starving payday lender? =/

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