return2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agoAmerican Debt: The typical American household is now paying a record $1,583 a month in various loanswww.cbsnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up1222arrow-down19cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1213arrow-down1external-linkAmerican Debt: The typical American household is now paying a record $1,583 a month in various loanswww.cbsnews.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square43fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareTowardsTheFuture@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·6 months agoI mean… that’s a mortgage. So if that counts, then yeah. Sad part is most of those paying that much on top of rent (which is also that much.)
minus-squareWrench@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 months ago$1600 in rent? Fuck, I’d be elated to pay that.
minus-squarepdxfed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoMortgage and student loans were included, which makes these numbers generally meaningless since those two have been nearly non-discretionary for decades (just stating the fact not endorsing the structure of it).
I mean… that’s a mortgage. So if that counts, then yeah. Sad part is most of those paying that much on top of rent (which is also that much.)
$1600 in rent? Fuck, I’d be elated to pay that.
Mortgage and student loans were included, which makes these numbers generally meaningless since those two have been nearly non-discretionary for decades (just stating the fact not endorsing the structure of it).