Media: Same story every six months
The media nuts pretend this is a new story: Living paycheck to paycheck: Inflation is still squeezing budgets (cnbc.com)
61% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck — inflation is still squeezing budgets
Dickler holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Art History from Johns Hopkins University and a master’s degree from the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.
The above does the usual negativity spin, even though it is the same story, every year.
Every year, like forever, this figure runs 60-70%. But as always, context is missing in the media.
2022: Economy: “Living paycheck to paycheck” has not changed much – Coldstreams (same story – this one has links to the same story, every year, going back about 15 years!)