Housing costs are out of sight. Food costs are draining. There's no savings and we haven't even added car insurance. Bills get paid on an emergency basis. If it's getting shut off tomorrow, you pay that bill today.
Any crisis is more than an immediate crisis.
It carries the risk of being the straw that breaks the camel's back. Most homeless families got that way from stretching their dollars until they snapped and things unraveled. In the meantime, the rich get richer 'cause they're hogging profits. Unions tried to make the point this election, but were ultimately ignored.