https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/12/09/82-of-americans-could-no-longer-handle-an-emergency-costing-500.aspxThe lockdowns and quarantines during the COVID-19 pandemic have been so devastating to Americans&rsquo; finances that many people, unable to work because of the rules, are living in poverty. One-fifth of people making $100,000 a year were already livingenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/12/09/82-of-americans-could-no-longer-handle-an-emergency-costing-500.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#104542412/12/2020 4:14:29 PM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1045424gabbyfemale<p>Dave Ramsey, ya&#39;ll.</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/12/09/82-of-americans-could-no-longer-handle-an-emergency-costing-500.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#104512412/11/2020 10:02:51 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1045124WL4816<p>A lot of people are house-rich due to the rise of real estate prices. Wealth tied up in a house generally can&#39;t be easily used as spending money in an emergency.</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/12/09/82-of-americans-could-no-longer-handle-an-emergency-costing-500.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#104511512/11/2020 9:01:55 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1045115Julieanne<p>People not having enough cash to deal with an emergency was the case way before Covid came along, &nbsp;according to  several surveys I read some time ago.</p> https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2020/12/09/82-of-americans-could-no-longer-handle-an-emergency-costing-500.aspx?ShowAllComments=True#104509812/11/2020 7:47:38 AM24451277-a5aa-4add-96dc-64081bfd86fa:1045098Shepard505<p>Making 100K a year and not saving anything sounds like spending as recklessly as the government does.</p>