“We have 76% of Americans living paycheck to paycheck, meaning they are one paycheck away from poverty.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 28 Apr 2022.
PolitiFact rated thisMostly False
What PolitiFact found
Different surveys yield different figures, but we found no recent data putting the percentage of Americans living paycheck to paycheck as high as 76%. There is also no clear definition of “paycheck to paycheck.”
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 28 April 2022. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 May 2022, 19 days later. Its rating was “Mostly False”.
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