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

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Originally Posted by tw

50% of Americans could not even get money from a loan shark? I find that difficult to believe. But again, hard numbers remain unknown. Still it is curious (or distressing) that so many still have so little. Or have been so manipulated by advertising as to make Capital One so profitable.

I think loan sharks were probably not counted, alongside money-making schemes like selling a kidney, whoring kidnapping or becoming a drug mule for the money.

Of course I may be wrong, just guessing.