Post by ck4829 on Aug 27, 2017 13:19:26 GMT
Top CEOs may be thriving, but most American workers are drowning in debt, saving little, and living paycheck to paycheck.
That's according to a new report by CareerBuilder, which found that:
78 percent of American workers are living paycheck to paycheck, up from 75 percent last year;
71 percent of workers are in debt, up from 68 percent last year;
56 percent believe their debt is unmanageable;
54 percent of minimum-wage workers say they have to work more than one job to make ends meet.
The report's findings—based on a survey of more than 3,400 full-time workers across various industries and income levels—suggest that the stock market boom President Donald Trump has so frequently flaunted has done little to help the workers he claims to support.
As Michelle Styczynski pointed out in an analysis for the People Policy Project, "the stock market tells us about the prospects of capital owners, but it certainly doesn't tell us much about the average worker."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/26/1693538/-Open-thread-for-night-owls-The-1-thrive-while-78-live-paycheck-to-paycheck
That's according to a new report by CareerBuilder, which found that:
78 percent of American workers are living paycheck to paycheck, up from 75 percent last year;
71 percent of workers are in debt, up from 68 percent last year;
56 percent believe their debt is unmanageable;
54 percent of minimum-wage workers say they have to work more than one job to make ends meet.
The report's findings—based on a survey of more than 3,400 full-time workers across various industries and income levels—suggest that the stock market boom President Donald Trump has so frequently flaunted has done little to help the workers he claims to support.
As Michelle Styczynski pointed out in an analysis for the People Policy Project, "the stock market tells us about the prospects of capital owners, but it certainly doesn't tell us much about the average worker."
www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/8/26/1693538/-Open-thread-for-night-owls-The-1-thrive-while-78-live-paycheck-to-paycheck