It can hardly be true that 78% of Americans can only afford food, shelter, usually a car (any car!) and perhaps health insurance. A hint is that they live paych

It can hardly be true that 78% of Americans can only afford food, shelter, usually a car (any car!) and perhaps health insurance. A hint is that they live paycheck to paycheck, i.e. the spending just "happens" to match the earning. Don't get me wrong, of course there are genuinely poor people. But not far over half of the population.