• ObjectivityIncarnate@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    1 in 4 households earning over $100,000 a year live paycheck to paycheck–not because they can’t make ends meet, but because their money management sucks. A high income has very little relationship with responsible borrowing, despite what many would assume.

    • Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      5 months ago

      If you stop paying your car or home loan it gets repossessed, people with bad money management still have incentives to pay those on time.