“There’s this wild disconnect between what people are experiencing and what economists are experiencing,” says Nikki Cimino, a recruiter in Denver.

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    8 months ago

    If you don’t save and invest it, you’ll be living paycheck to paycheck for the rest of your life.

    I don’t think you really know what “living paycheck to paycheck” actually means if you think it, in any way, involves investing.

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      You can have very high income and still live paycheck to paycheck if you spend every paycheck

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            8 months ago

            I’m not concerned about what those people say; they are doing just fine. I’m concerned about the people who are actually living paycheck to paycheck.