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Over half of Americans say they're not even close to financial freedom (scrippsnews.com)

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About 36% of U.S. adults say they have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts.

For analysis of the political views of that media: https://ground.news/article/over-half-of-americans-say-theyre-not-even-close-to-financial-freedom

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

If the respondents are defining "financial freedom" of course they're going to say they don't have it.

I make a decent salary and I would still say I don't have financial freedom.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That's because financial freedom is defined by social safety net (for non-bourgeoisie).

It's not something that you earn as an individual, but achieved as a society.

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