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Only Richest 20% of Americans Still Have Excess Pandemic Savings (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
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[–] algorithmae@lemmy.one 12 points 11 months ago (2 children)

How did people not lose money during the pandemic, besides being stupid rich? The one piddly payment and unemployment I got from being laid off was way less than my normal earnings, so the cost to survive had to eat into savings and go onto credit cards. I still haven't recovered.

[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Personally, working from home provided huge cost savings. I was also able to drop my personal phone to a bare minimum since I was always home and on wifi.

[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 2 points 11 months ago

I took on a second job.