You can see from basic math that people living paycheck to paycheck, who aren't "poor" are spending a lot more money than they could. Half the population is doi

You can see from basic math that people living paycheck to paycheck, who aren't "poor" are spending a lot more money than they could. Half the population is doing it, and looking the income distribution it is clear that most of those people don't have to. Edit: You're applying an argument about the poor to people making middle quartile income, which doesn't make any sense at all.