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US Politics 22h
Btw Nationally, between 40% and 60% of all people experiencing homelessness are employed in either full-time/part-time jobs. That’s according to the USICH
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US Politics 22h
I was digging into the “2/3 of Americans live paycheck to paycheck” quote I’ve heard Leftists cite 1) it includes discretionary $ 2) as long as you spend all your $ (buying shares of Nvidia… shopping…) - you can self report as “paycheck to paycheck”
-4 upvote, 8 comments. Yik Yak image post by Anonymous in US Politics. "I was digging into the “2/3 of Americans live paycheck to paycheck” quote I’ve heard Leftists cite 1) it includes discretionary $ 2) as long as you spend all your $ (buying shares of Nvidia… shopping…) - you can self report as “paycheck to paycheck”"
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Anonymous 22h

In studies of people currently experiencing homelessness, up to one-third cite medical debt as a contributing factor to their current lack of housing.

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Anonymous 22h

In-depth studies of chronically homeless individuals reveal that 35% report the death of a parent, spouse, or significant other as a major contributing factor to their housing instability

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Anonymous 22h

An estimated 3.2 to 3.8 million people in the United States live in shared housing arrangements specifically due to economic hardship and to avoid literal homelessness.

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Anonymous 22h

A report from the Federal Reserve Board reveals that roughly 40% of Americans cannot cover an unexpected $400 emergency expense without borrowing or selling assets.

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Anonymous 22h

The American dream is a lie

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Anonymous 22h

Is this the research you’re citing?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

A wall of text with no source you mean?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

Half a sentence from Google AI lol

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

Isn’t this just a liquidity problem? I have $200,000 in shares of Apple, Nvidia, and other indexes. If I needed a large amount of money Right Away, I too would need to shuffle money around

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

Does every single person in the US have 200K in shares of major companies, yes or no?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

You mean roommates?

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 22h

401k, yes tho. Even the “paycheck to paycheck” chart shows that

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

Does the phrase “shared housing arrangements” confuse you?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 22h

Prove every single american has 200,000 dollars invested into major companies. I’ll wait.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 21h

Sometimes I stay at my gf’s place. Does that count too?

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21h

So apparently those words do confuse you

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 21h

Do u deadass think everyone in the us has money in a 401k??

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Anonymous replying to -> #2 20h

brother, do you know how hard it is to maintain a job without a house? You can’t shower, when you go to work, you could come home to all your possessions just fucking gone, your entire life poof

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