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62% of Americans do not have $400 in savings in case of an emergency.

61% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck

67% of Americans spend roughly 43% of their income on rent/mortgage

68% of Americans are not saving enough for their retirement

44% of Americans claim they have had no significant pay raise over the past 3-5 years

63% of Americans are without health insurance and those who do have it are being bombarded with co-pays, deductibles etc etc and dictated to in terms of which doctors we can see or hospital ERs we can visit which to me is socialized fascist medicine,

71% of Americans think things will get worse economically before they get better.

67% of Americans owe $20,000 or more in terms of debt i.e. CC, Medical or Student Loans

51% of Americans claim they use payday loan places between paychecks

This is not a recipe for a stable balanced country and we can and have to do better overall across the board.