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  • 76% of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck

    06/24/2013 10:11:12 AM PDT · by rightwingintelligentsia · 64 replies
    CNN Money ^ | June 24, 2013 | Angela Johnson
    Roughly three-quarters of Americans are living paycheck-to-paycheck, with little to no emergency savings, according to a survey released by Bankrate.com Monday. Fewer than one in four Americans have enough money in their savings account to cover at least six months of expenses, enough to help cushion the blow of a job loss, medical emergency or some other unexpected event, according to the survey of 1,000 adults. Meanwhile, 50% of those surveyed have less than a three-month cushion and 27% had no savings at all. --snip-- Last week, online lender CashNetUSA said 22% of the 1,000 people it recently surveyed had...