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It's kind of scary that 3 weeks is all it took for them to list their home.
The neighbor is part of the (in 2019) 51%.
"Most Working Americans Would Face Economic Hardship If They Missed More than One Paycheck"
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And on top of that for most government workers their paychecks have been remarkably stable. Assuming you'll always be employed plus easy credit and bad financial habits are a bad combination
Pretty much this. For many, up until basically right now, working in the federal government all but guaranteed employment for years. I tried very, very hard to be employed at my local NIOSH branch (sadly didn't make the cut) because of this fact.