▲ 519 ▼ 'An economic divide that is widening': Almost one third of Americans earning $150,000 a year or more say they're living paycheck to paycheck and many rely on credit cards to close the gap (finance.yahoo.com) submitted 2 years ago by return2ozma@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 264 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] vxx@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) There's also the upkeep cost for repairs and to renovate. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We've let our gutters stay broken for several years now because we just can't afford to get them fixed. We had to have an emergency repair to our heat pump yesterday and that's going to be hundreds of dollars out of pocket. We're on a single income. My wife gets paid well (not $150,000 a year well) and our mortgage is low, but we're barely making it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago We've let our gutters stay broken for several years now because we just can't afford to get them fixed. We had to have an emergency repair to our heat pump yesterday and that's going to be hundreds of dollars out of pocket. We're on a single income. My wife gets paid well (not $150,000 a year well) and our mortgage is low, but we're barely making it. permalink fedilink source parent