'I see no way out': Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common

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Increasingly, millennials, Gen Xers and baby boomers are living paycheck to paycheck: it's 'inescapable.'

 

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DonaldWBond Paycheck

Saw another story that stated they are getting burned out. Odd, maybe there’s a relationship between them.

And what generation didnt do that coming up

Everyone starting out on their own lives paycheck to paycheck, there is no silver platter for most! Wtf is this nonsense?

Hmmmm I wonder if we didn't add millions of foreigners to our system each year there would prob be more for Americans. You know....legal Americans. Over fill a cup of coffee and it makes a big mess right? Common sense. If we keep heading in this direction 99% of us will be poor

Try employing one of them. They are the most entitled group on the face of the earth

Who fault is that? Who’s been in charge of california for 20 years. And yes Arnold was a closet democrat. So maybe its 30 years.

Maybe if so many millenials didn't take horseshit majors they could get real well paying jobs.

End the fed and there will be no debt to pay off.. that is why we need to live paycheck to paycheck all the damn taxes and paying off bankers who loan our government money. No federal reserve also means no inflation

All you have to do is leave California and you won’t get smoked in taxes. Notice the relatively large migration from Cali to Texas? Only problem is the Cali libs move to Texas turn it blue then Texas turns into Cali before you know it.

LAUGHABLE: This, coming from communist California!

Tell liberals to stop taxing everyone to death.

I've never had a true 'vacation' in my whole life. I only have periods of unemployment punctuated by jobs that never pay me enough to live on.

that's what liberal policies always cause, eventually.

America is the land of opportunists. Become one or perish.

Move out of LA and maybe you won't live paycheck to paycheck.

Most people do when they’re young an entering the working world...this is something new?....

carterforva This is the situation of thousands of people most of them don't like to talk about it... Sadly

CBSmichelegile Yep wonder why everyone in CALIFORNIA is living paycheck to paycheck. Hey LA times, you for the word CALIFORNIA in your headline.. and dont forget that train to NO WHERE we have been paying for.

Millennials spending those paychecks on Disney APs and Coachella wristbands

It’s only “inescapable,” because the 1% want it that way.

It’s because most of them are too busy going to every single protest and don’t have jobs or an education. We knew it’d catch up to them... whoop there it is. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Start saving a little every paycheck. Compound interest works.

Dump your expensive cellphones & services, cut cable TV, less eating out, buy used cars, smoke less weed, quit online shopping, support GOP.

You have to make your own way out. It’s called capitalism. It’s called America,,,it’s called the land of opportunity,,,don’t screw it up

carterforva Millennial here! Literally have never not lived paycheck to paycheck

Bad planning

When you have a state that’s hell bent on destroying its middle class, voters who stupidly keep voting for parcel taxes that are paid for by increases to personal property taxes, inflationary pressures and a massive influx of foreign nationals what do you expect?

It is completely escapable. I guarantee these people all have iPhones, cable, Netflix, Spotify, etc, etc, etc. People live better lives on far less, these people are just making incredibly poor decisions.

I can’t believe the plastic straw ban is having this effect

OLAASM The 👏 Rich 👏 Are 👏 Stealing 👏 Your 👏 Wealth

Maybe STOP voting Democrat would help. All they do is raise taxes smh 🤦‍♂️

Well.... That is America's business plan....

With expense to income ratios as they are and getting increasingly worse in the last several decades, it was inevitable and probably about to accelerate further.

carterforva The march of capitalism continues unabated

Only in Democrat run hellholes

It’s not a choice

It's because of the system that too many years of Democrats and left-leaning GOP years have created

Did Russia hack this?

This is the result of predatory capitalism

You'd be surprised at the informal market that has sprung up in the absence of money. We just trade things with each other. No money involved.

RevJeanMDougla1 In California what do you expect?

This is why you need to vote 3rd party

In California yes. That’s what u get when u have a lib agenda legislators & governor running the place.

What is the point of this article the writer forgot to provide reasons The poor folks living in Cali can thank JerryBrownGov CAP_nancypelosi KamalaHarris DianeFeinstein as for federal workers they aren’t any different then people being layed of by the private sector

Prop 13 makes it impossible for Millenials to compete housing wise unless it was inherited.

So much talk about lack of employee loyalty to companies.remember when companies/corporations paid a living wage/benefits, employees/customers first and then their shareholders second? Days are gone, people get laid off like a random number. Where’s the loyalty from companies

stop buying $1000 iphones then...

Demanding corporations and all employers fulfill obligations to employees should not have to be done. Your obligation is not to the shareholders but the people that do the work that make the money for the business. Need to get this priority straight.

BS maybe IN your state!!! none of my friends live pay check to pay check

Dem Govt spending, especially deficit spending, over 100 yrs, inflated prices to unaffordable, forcing ever more of the middle class to borrow themselves into paycheck to paycheck poverty, if they can find a job

So true. So tired of older generations berating me for not being able to save anything. I would if I could, jinkies.

No discipline. The Great Relearning is stalled.

Californians are taxed to death and it still hasn’t helped anyone!!

Drink fewer cups of Starbucks Etc.

Might be interesting to see just how those living paycheck-to-paycheck are spending their money. Would be interesting to see how much is spent on luxuries and how much on necessities.

Aren't millennials supposed to so much smarter, and well-educated, compared to the 'rest of us'? Why not do what people did when they didn't have so much money--live together, share costs, and consult financial planners to create a path forward?

No way out if people keep on spending their time at Social Media . How many hours do they spend chatting ? if 4 hours of that is spend on a part time job , they can put that 4 hours pay on their piggybank .

But they are so lazy....corrputsystem capitalismmustgo

Hey BECAUSE they moved out of parents homes!

This makes me want to start a GoFundMe page to pay my rent.... Is that taxed as earned income?

Try giving more to the government maybe more will come back to you

How is that so, according to realDonaldTrump, our economy is blooming, the bestestbest that we ever seen bloom. FakeNews.

Thanks to GOP

We will not allow a government to strengthen the 1% at the expense of the American people. Viva la revolution.

That will change now that Trump is President. Don't forget we had 8 years of failed Obama policies.

hey this guy was my community college english prof!

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