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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kelsey Sheehy

Millennial Money: When Pinching Pennies Isn’t Enough

Copyright 2017 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Scaling back streaming subscriptions is solid savings advice for some. But what if the choice you’re faced with is not whether to pay for Netflix or Hulu, but whether to pay for food or electricity?

Millions of Americans face food, housing and general financial insecurity every year, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau and Department of Agriculture. And getting help often means navigating a maze of websites, automated telephone systems and confusing applications only to land on a yearslong waitlist or worse — find out you don’t qualify.

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