Stat: As of the end of last year, 64% of US consumers were living paycheck to paycheck, up from 61% the year before, according to a survey of ~4,000 people released yesterday by Pymnts.com and LendingClub. Even people earning more than $100,000 annually might be thinking twice about adding guac to their burritos as pay fails to keep up with inflation—more than half of them said they were part of the paycheck-to-paycheck club, per the survey.
...AND REPUBS WANT TO INCREASE THAT PERCENTAGE