For most Americans, living paycheck to paycheck, spending (after taxes) pretty much equals income (after taxes).
There are folks here in Colorado who are living paycheck to paycheck, week to week.
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Score one for cash-strapped college students, struggling singles and families living paycheck to paycheck.
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They seem like the perfect solution for those of us practically living paycheck to paycheck, right?
If you are living paycheck to paycheck or have uncertain income, then this strategy is not for you.
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With 67% of American families living paycheck to paycheck all of us need to become more financially fit.
Only 14 percent of Americans save that much because most of us are busy living paycheck to paycheck, an American Payroll Association survey revealed this week.
That puts these accounts out of reach for families living paycheck to paycheck if they do not supplement their everyday spending with the use of a credit card, going deeper into debt each month.
But even with a lifestyle Chris describes as "living paycheck to paycheck, " the couple say they are fortunate to have a large house (it's more than 3, 800 square feet) that has become a haven for those living there.
Meanwhile, in the U.S., 14 percent of us save 15 percent or more of our income and 51 percent of us say we are either in immediate financial trouble or not financially stable, meaning living paycheck to paycheck.
For example, because of the present economic situation, how to become more financially successful is in very high demand by a wide array of prospective clients from individuals living paycheck to paycheck to senior executives and from business owners to the very wealthy.
Very few have six figures saved in our 401(k)s, something that is unlikely to change any time soon since about half of us are living paycheck to paycheck, unable to save for an emergency that could happen tomorrow, never mind an event twenty years off.
When bills have to get shuffled around and you are living paycheck-to-paycheck, it is easy to be at the mercy of banks and other financial service providers and their fees.
These would-be customers may not have enough money, living paycheck-to-paycheck or worse, to justify opening a bank account, or they might not trust the financial industry.
The focus there is really trying to reduce exposure to this discretionary purchases from low income consumers and if you watch them today there is a lot of these people in this country that are living on paycheck-to-paycheck and without savings and any movement or economic event really has an impact on them on a current basis relative to their expenditures.
These are tough times, and a lot of people are living week to week, paycheck to paycheck, even day to day.
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And we found this one family where, you know, they're very paycheck to paycheck living in Pennsylvania.
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And I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a a living equal to their efforts and finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this year.
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And I ask this Congress to declare that women should earn a living equal to their efforts, and finally pass the Paycheck Fairness Act this year.
Please, consider that many people like my family live by paycheck only, we cannot even have extra money for emergencies, because living life in this country is so expensive that our paycheck goes to pay rent, bills, and food, and sometimes we don't even have for food.
Many people live paycheck to paycheck, with their income only barely covering their exact cost of living.
He knew they had been living large, and that they hadn't been able to rely on his regular paycheck income for some time.
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