Is this shocking statistic really true? bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
📣 Kamala Harris
📣 Elizabeth Warren
📣 Bernie Sanders
📣 News organizations bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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🚗 You’d frequently have a coworker out of the office who can’t afford to buy a new tire
🔧 Almost half of Americans wouldn’t be able to afford to fix their dishwashers bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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But that doesn’t mean that 39% of people wouldn’t be able to pay at all bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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💳 Carrying a credit card balance
👨👩👧👦 Borrowing from friends and family bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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A number of people with healthy finances carry some credit-card debt while also holding cash bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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📃 85% would still be able to pay bills after the $400 expense
📃 Only 14% say that it would affect being able to pay bills bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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💸 12% of Americans would be unable to pay the $400 emergency expense by any means
💸 17% can't pay all their bills in full bloom.bg/2Im9sdc
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