Barely getting by: 51% of Americans say they can't pay the bills on their income alone

[Demovictory9]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7002409/Barely-getting-51-Americans-say-pay-bills-income-alone.html

[struggle4progress]

1. It's a really great economy for those who have money!

[democratisphere]

2. Here is the bottom line to the problem.

It is grotesque!

https://beta.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2017/12/06/the-richest-1-percent-now-owns-more-of-the-countrys-wealth-than-at-any-time-in-the-past-50-years/?outputType=amp

[wasupaloopa]

3. I used be in that place. I used credit and payday loans. Doing that you add interest

to the demands on your income.

I was lucky to get a job with a county government. They almost sacked me but civil service saved me. I took a $20,000 per year cut in pay but then I was eligible for social security.

I retired with a pension and Soc Sec. my wife who is younger than me still works. I am working again doing temp work. At 73 we are making more than we ever did. My past includes homelessness and bankruptcy. We lost a new condo and were practically broke later on.

Life has it’s ups and downs. Never accept your plight. Make new better times.

[Kaleva]

4. Living on SSDI and a $140.00 VA pension, I had to adjust my lifestyle to my income