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submitted 5 months ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Nearly four in ten (39%) of US adults say they worry most or all of the time that their family’s income won’t be enough to meet expenses, according to a new CNN poll. That’s up from 28% who expressed those concerns in December 2021, and it’s similar to the numbers seen during the Great Recession (37%).

To cope, significant shares of Americans said they are adding side jobs, cutting down on driving and putting more expenses on credit cards.

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[-] breadsmasher@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago

If one family stops paying their bills, its the family who is hurt.

If everyone stopped paying their bills, the capitalist elites will finally feel something.

Collective Bargaining on a country wide scale

[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago

We have GOT to do something about the cost of housing. It is by no means the only affordability issue facing Americans, but it is definitely one of the most important ones.

[-] ghostdoggtv@lemmy.world 14 points 5 months ago

I'm not worried about it. I just can't pay my bills unless I get another job or two, in which case I'll lose my day job which takes attentive focus to do well at.

I work full time. I vote and I pay my taxes. The consequences for people with money of the death of the social contract are not my problem anymore.

[-] radivojevic@discuss.online 0 points 5 months ago

Their bills?

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