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I don't know of the veracity of his claim, nor the definition he was using, but Bernie Sanders claimed in Omaha, NE last night that "60% of Americans are living

I don't know of the veracity of his claim, nor the definition he was using, but Bernie Sanders claimed in Omaha, NE last night that "60% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck". If true (and it likely is for some definition of this), seems worth knowing.

Flimm 2y ago
That statistic is widely repeated but it is contradicted by other studies which paint a rosier picture of Americans' finances. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42357663 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42357663