Comment on Why does the USA have so few legal protections for ordinary people, and how can we change that?
BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 2 weeks agoA $10k emergency fund? Even banks don’t carry enough cash these days for a working class person to be able to rob a bank to have that kind of money.
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 weeks ago
The point of an emergency fund is it will get you through whatever unexpectable large expense without taking on debt. Car needed a repair and you had a health procedure plus your water heater went out all in the same year? 10k might not cover all of that but it will give you the options to manage those emergencies as they come up