50% of Americans Couldn't Come Up with $2000

[DanaC]

Originally Posted by footfootfoot

My late FIL used to call it "the high cost of poverty"

That's an excellent description.

Right now I could raise it. But that's only because Dad left some money. Before he died, the only way I could have raised it would have been by borrowing off him.

There have been times in my life where I've had decent cash coming in, but never a sustained period. I have generally spent far more time living on the margins of the economy where, frankly, saving was not an option. Living cheap, is a much less cost effective way to live, you get less for your money.