“Nearly 1 in 3 American workers run out of money before payday—even those earning over $100,000.”— Megan Leonhardt, cnbc.com
“Half of the people in this country are living paycheck to paycheck. Car breaks down, they’re in severe trouble. They can’t afford to go to the doctor. Those are the folks we have to start paying attention to. And when we do that, you’ll defeat Donald Trump.”— Bernie Sanders, rollingstone.com
“78% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck. 57% can’t afford unexpected $500 bill. Our economy is not working for more and more Americans. And now I'm running for President to help change that and make us not the underdogs in our own land anymore.”— Andrew Yang, 2020poolreports.substack.com
“Today, nearly 40 million Americans live in poverty and tonight, 500,000 people will be sleeping out on the streets. About half of the country lives paycheck to paycheck as tens of millions of our people are an accident, a divorce, a sickness or a layoff away from economic devastation.”— Bernie Sanders, vox.com