The Financial Diet

8 Financial Realities That Are Making Americans' Lives Terrible | The Financial Diet (2019x9)

Air date: Jan 22, 2019

Chelsea breaks down the unfortunate truths about the financial system in America, and the unfair realities no one is likely to tell you about. She also talks about how Americans waste money here: https://youtu.be/fjo7Ut7Acrg. Most Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck: https://www.cnbc.com/2017/08/24/most-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck .html America less mobile socially than we thought: https://www.economist.com/graphic-detail/2018/02/14/americans-overestima te-social-mobility-in-their-country How we punish the poor: https://talkpoverty.org/2014/10/07/punished-for-being-poor/ Erin on the crazy stuff rich people do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VGrcWj2FJYc Taxes on the rich used to be way higher: https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/nov/15/bernie-s/income-tax-rates-were-90-percent-under-eisenhower-/ Why is college so expensive?: https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/09/why-is-college-soexpensive-in-america/569884/ The Financial Diet site: http://www.thefinancialdiet.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thefinancialdiet Twitter: https://twitter.com/TFDiet Tumblr: http://thefinancialdiet.tumblr.com/