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Pete Zicato · 05-24-2011, 09:56 AM

An article here says that 50% of Americans could not raise $2000 in the event of an emergency.

That is a scary statistic. I'm sure the economy is partly to blame, but it's also the fact that many (most?) American families did not save while the economy was good.

05-24-2011, 09:56 AM	#1
Pete Zicato Turns out my CRS is a symptom of TMB. Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chicago suburbs Posts: 2,916	50% of Americans Couldn't Come Up with $2000 An article here says that 50% of Americans could not raise $2000 in the event of an emergency. That is a scary statistic. I'm sure the economy is partly to blame, but it's also the fact that many (most?) American families did not save while the economy was good. __________________ Talk nerdy to me.