😠 78% are Living Paycheck to Paycheck! 

in 1963, my father in law purchased a 280+ acre farm with a barn and pond for 28,000. we are still on a part of it.

That little goat is like a puppy dog!!

As much as it hurts my heart to say this. Both my mom and dad in their 80s have both passed in the last 5 years and I'm so glad they didn't have to see the great depression for the second time in their lives.

I'm one of the boomers who never earned much from my work and finally retired a bit early to take care of my mother when her alzheimer's required it. Finally got SS but didn't spend or save wisely. I have now entered debt management program, owe $14,000 still on my double-wide sitting on 32 acres of homeplace property. Not able to do much physically but doing what I can. I never married and have no children. If everything stays on track, I'll be debt free before I'm 78. Wish I had done better with finances when I was younger, so take heed, yungins.

Retire? Personally I will have to work up until lunchtime on the day of my funeral.

You may not be planning to retire but your body has other ideas. Trust me on this one !

I don't comment much. I lost my job after my husband passed 2 years ago. Company folded. At my age, I can't get hired for a part-time job at the dollar store. I have a good savings but with inflation, property taxes, and pray no major repairs are coming. Thank goodness I have spent 5 years prepping with food and growing what I can. Thank the Lord I am debt-free. Stay focused folks! Pray!

Good Afternoon to everyone! Stay alert, the clown show is ramping up! 🙏

My husband and I are exactly in the position you stated... We have to financially support my mother and father because Medicare doesn't pay enough to support them. They literally wouldn't be able to buy groceries if we didn't give them money every single month. I'm so thankful that I'm married to a generous man and also grateful to The Lord for making it possible for us to live and give to them. God is so good to His children 🙏🙏🙏

Yes! Jesus is our only hope!

I feel is higher than 78%, when you have millionaires complaining...is far worse.

I agree 1,000,000,000% on multi-generational homes. Never would have said that years ago. Not now, the whole world has changed for the worse. Have to live like the Waltons again out of necessity. Welcome to the new Greater Depression.

I love how Francis follows you. Those babies are so loving.

I'm retired after 40 yrs as a med-surg, ICU and Psych nurse in four different states. I realize I'm blessed: home paid, no debt, been prepping big time, cash on hand. Unfortunately I've cancelled my home owners and car full coverage to liability only. 2014 car paid for. Reusing a paper plate if lightly used..being frugal. I have a friend who's mother will hire me part time in a hardware store and I'm going for it! Patara is spot on folks.

My daughter and 2 grandsons moved in with us in 2020. I went to take care of my dad, who was in hospice. After he passed away, we continued to live together. I have been preparing since before 2000. My daughter has a very good job and works as much as she possibly can so we can get our debts paid off for both of our families. We live very frugal. Our son with 5 kids thinks we are crazy because we don't go out to eat or run around doing what I consider to stupid stuff. We have horses, cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, geese, ducks, and guineas! 2 small gardens, and I go to produce auctions when we need to. My husband and I homeschool school her boys, and they are learning not only school work but real life work! Some days are hard, but I wouldn't have it any other way! Thanks for doing what you do, girlfriend. You help keep this boomer going!

I have been saying this for a long time. I have family members living like millionaires on the outside but are literally mortgaged to the hill, credit cards maxed out & are living paycheck to paycheck. They are one medical issue, car accident &/or paycheck away from bankruptcy. We aren't & don't look like millionaires, but our stuff is paid for. We pay off our credit cards monthly & are debt free. The stress they must be under, I can't imagine. Pray, prep & be peaceful. TRUMP 45-47 🥰 🥰 🥰

I still live at home, and thank goodness, and no, I'm not ashamed. I couldn't afford rent at $815 every 2 weeks on a full-time custodian elementary school job . Im happy my parents put things in my name to help me out later, and I don't have to go through probate. Im never home anyway. My life is at work, whether or not I want it to be 😂 for a misley $12.75 an hour with some benefits that are lousy 😢. I only have weekends off and holidays. I'm single, have no children, and not very many friends. I enjoy my privacy and quiet . My paychecks suck at$$. I live in Missouri !!!! Life is hard no matter what state you live in. I'm 46 in August!!! Thank you, Joe Biden, for sending my social security to Ukraine!!

I LOL' d at that goat prancing down the drive! Thanks, I needed that.

Yes I Iive from paycheck to paycheck. I live on SSI. And we all know that's not enough to live on.

66 yr old grandma, still employed, been with the same company for 17 yrs. I've been putting off retirement and now I'm glad I did. Oh well, a girl can dream

My mother turned 80 in February, and she’s STILL working. FULL-TIME!!!!! I don’t believe she will EVER feel she’s in a position to Retire!!!! SHAMEFUL!!!!! And I’m now in my 60’s, and I don’t see any way in h*ll, that I will be able to ‘retire’ one day!! Fortunately, I have a small business that I love!….doesn’t bring in as much as I’d like, but at least I take enjoyment from it, which is a TRUE BLESSING, and I KNOW THAT!!!!

I’ve already come to terms with my 22yr old son living with me for at least the next 10 yrs. He has a good job & works full time but there’s absolutely NO POSSIBLE way he could afford to live on his own.

Prayers for those suffering in Houston TX. 🙏

I'm living paycheck to paycheck I work 57 hours a week I 67yrs I dont make enough in S.S. I live alone. If I don’t work I willbe out in the street 😢

Hubby lost one job in 2019. My Dad died right before the vid, then lost my business at the end of 2020. For 3 years we've been doing vehicle repairs as the youngest one is 2010. Can't do car payments. My property taxes have almost tripled since 2020. Trusting in God.

Boy! All my life, I dreamed of the life you are living. Now at 60, and disabled, it will never happen for me. But thank you SO MUCH, Patara, for letting me live it through your videos! ❤️❤️❤️😊

5:44 I don’t ever remember NOT living paycheck to paycheck. It’s been this way for years 😅

I agree with you 100% !!!! 2008 was the year it all went in the toilet! Remember Michelle saying, "Barack wants to TRANSFORM America" ...and the audience cheered!!!!!!!!!

Believe me, the +60 is feeling it as well. Older parents; six children ages 26, 26, 29, 31, 43 and 45. They're ALL feeling it Big Time.

I'm a 1966 kid. We cared for my parents at home for 10 years until alzheimers took them Home to Jesus, they died in their beds and home surrounded by their family. It was very hard! If not for my siblings and our own sons, it wouldn't have been possible. It is very difficult but such a blessing!! We now have our 2 sons( 30 and 32) and our DIL living with us. We bought a 5th wheel camper for the married couple to live in. I'm washing more clothes and cooking more than ever. We just dug a bumper crop of taters yesterday, and the veggies are coming on great for canning. My hubbie just had a heart attack and congestive heart failure so we pulled my hubbies 401k out and paid off our equity loan and hospital bills. No early retirement for us!!

keep praying America - we need it more than ever now !!!

I love how Buddy jumps and hops. So so cute

sometimes "retirement" is not a choice but forced upon you - I loved my job of 18 years but new management wanted "their" people in and slowly but surely eliminated the older employees. Also, health conditions can make retirement necessary. Like you I dreamed of working all my life - but circumstances are not always under our control.

Real estate prices are obscene right now. People are asking a fortune for "fixer uppers" aka dumps that are barely fit for human habitation.

I never knew I wanted to give snuggles to a goat until now.

Frances is just so happy.

Everyone looks at me like I have three eyeballs when I try to tell them. I’m not doing it anymore. They think nothing is happening or will happen. I am so done !

Anyone who has a home or even own their home in this day and age is truly blessed. Covid was a definite line in the sand. Now most are stuck wherever they are.

Francis does the BEST SIDESTEP I EVER SAW😂🤭👍

I’m definitely one of the 78%. I’m paying my bills, have gas money so it doesn’t go on a credit card, and plenty of food in the pantry and freezers because we garden and shop sales. If I have $20 left after everything is paid, it goes in the savings account or extra payment on the credit cards. But I feel like I’m never getting ahead. I just praying and prepping and thankful I have a roof over my head, my family, and food to feed us. So yeah, I’m paycheck to paycheck, but I could have it a lot worse.

Our generation of government has destroyed our kids and grandchildren. My grandchildren don't even want to learn half the time. And they always take the easy way out. I'm lucky that my kids are hard working. But still waking up .

I am almost 48 years old and I couldn't agree with you more, Patara. I'm going to be working until I die.

Went back to work at 66 so I can make ends meet.

Illegals can get 20% down( paid by government) on any new or used home and get full financing. Special program for “ new comers” Thank you, American Tax Payer.

That goat was saying "Tell it like it is, Mama!!"

I'm a boomer, no debt feeling blessed. Working as a gardener, a new career. Lost my job and career because I refused the jab. never retiring studying permaculture design.

Francis follows you around like a little puppy. So adorable.

Myself,son,DIL and grandkids recently moved to a multigenerational home in the country. It's not just financially beneficial but you can teach them things they need to know how to do today.

You are the only RU-vidr I allow my 6 year old daughter to watch with me. Everyday. Thank you.

What you are saying is so true. Our grown children are on their own however they are having to call us for help. So far we are blessed to able to help them but the well is getting low. Praying for the building of faith. The country needs the Lord.

Look how that little goat baby loves you PATERA, and I know you love it. 😊

Avoid debt at all costs. I'm mid 30's male out here in CA. it's rough. I work as a dishwasher at a small cafe. and Recently the guests are just not walking in the door like they used too. This week is giving me flashbacks to when I worked at another much bigger cafe during lockdowns and they went from a staff of 35 down to 5 for a few months. 2 weeks ago I had 37 hours a week, this week I'll be lucky to get 14.

I listened to my mom and dad.... both dead now. My greatest lesson was, don't live beyond your means. I've lived debt free for a decade now.... husband died in 1996 but I raised my daughter and she is doing well in life. If GOD calls me home tonight.... Thank you God for my many blessings.

Francis is adorable. You should keep him as a pet.

Most retirees are working harder than they did at 40. Just retirees are doing needed work to survive another month.

What is going on in Pigeon Forge? A family had their home seized under eminate domain to run a rode through their property for a road to a campground? They low balled an offer, homeowner refused, were made to vacate property and their home was torn down without the owner receiving one cent!!! She is still responsible for the loan on a home that doesnt exist!! The mayor of Pigeon Forge is involved in the campground deal!! How can this happen legally???

Back in 2007/2008 I was working for a big company (had 30 years with this company) and a single person. They went through a big down sizing and a lot of people got a buyout. It was either take the buyout or get laid off. I took the buyout and got a pension (thank God). I am now 76 and with everything going up and the inflation I am living month to month. It is really hard for all ages.

I am month to month on disability. I was living comfortably about 3 years ago.🤔 Now, I am struggling to have ANYTHING left by the end of month. Thank you Jesus, the only thing I have debt on is my house. I have given up many things, and the struggle just gets harder and harder!! Thanks, joe!!🤬🤬🤬 May God please help and protect us ALL. 🙏🙏🙏

Are all goat kids that energetic and entertaining? Lil Francis is a one goat show 😊

40 days of over 90° here in WV and no rain. The farmers are asking for prayers. Yet we keep getting notifications that the severe storms will be ending soon. It's bad! Beyond bad! Still trying to prep as much as possible & do what needs to be done.

We got rich in our 401K under Trump. We retired this year. I dry my blankets out in the sun. I don't use the oven. I eat 1.5 meals a day. I cut my rx in half. If the dryer doesn't dry completely, I put the clothes outside to finish. I leave my house 2 days a month. In Oregon, we have to contribute a percentage to PGE to help the poor pay their electric bill.

It floors me how 8 billion people can be led by the nose by less than few thousand. Its mind boggling how people are preparing to suffer with no legitimate reason too other than a few rich people say we should. Smh. Not against preparing. Its just stupid that we have too.

I'm retired, now 67. I was going to hold off on SSI till 72, but I realized I needed to put together a special needs trust for my disabled son, so I'm drawing Ssi since 66 yrs. I'm doubling on my payments with plans to be debt free in 5 yrs. I feel like God will always care for me but I'm doing my part in that responsibility. Love your channel, need to start learning canning. I've shared your channel, hope it helps. ❤

Hey Patara! Booma here, born in 59. Started drawing SS at 62, but still work part-time. Wife still working full-time. House paid off, no other debt. Worked 2 and 3 jobs for many years while our 4 kids were growing up. All the kids are doing great. Oldest bought a house 7 years ago before things went nuts. Sold my in law's house to my son and my parents house to my youngest daughter at WELL BELOW market value to help them get a start in life. They all have steady jobs and have all worked multiple jobs at various times. We are so proud of them and feel like we've all been blessed. I'm glad we were in a position to be able to help them. Blessings to you and your family.

I think the winter will be harsh and not in a weather kind of way. The government numbers don’t seem correct. There are some that aren’t yet feeling it. But, they still see it. I asked someone stocking at target yesterday if she thought prices were going down…. She said no. I think they are not going up as fast but the damage has been done. Now, come layoffs and closures (big lots, Walgreens,etc.). Welcome to Bidenville!!!

My parents are not alive, and yes, l am an early boomer, i paid off my credit card years ago, but my rent takes more than 60% of my SSA money. Of course electricity runs a/c so in the hot summers of AZ our bills get quite high. The grocery store takes what is left. But l know my Savior lives! I can still pray fo r free.

I’m 65. My husband and I have had 17 year old daughter move in, my 45 year old daughter with Down syndrome moved home and my 85 year old mama and daddy moved onto our land. My daddy passed away in April. It is stressful trying to keep everybody fed, able to work, go to school, doctor appointments etc. it’s been hectic to say the least.

Driving to work this morning i thought to myself i will never get to retire.

So, I'm a boomer 67.5 years old and so happy I have a work at home job. So happy everything is paid off. I planned to work until 70 but will seriously be happy to work longer if I need to, to keep ahead of what our government, or the world government has in mind for us. God Bless you and your messages to us. You are helping me keep on track. I appreciate that. God bless you and Francis. He is such a blessing to see him jumping around and enjoying life like all of us should be doing.

My husband is 75 and still works in a fish plant in Nova Scotia, Canada with a bad back and knees from working on cement floors in the dampness. He has great strength in work ethic.

We are beginning to live like the people in " Little House on the prairie."

You are an incredible person!!! You care for the older generation, the younger generation, for all who will listen. You even care for the foolish. You try to prepare everyone, as much as is possible. And yet you manage to radiate hope, and you have humor, and even joy. You are truly the light Christ asks us to be. Too many of us live in fear. You are courageous! Thank you!!!

Retire! Not going to. After 30 years as an RN I went into my beekeeping as one of my jobs for now 24 years. Have always enjoyed my beekeeping.

Francis is adorable!!! Makes me giggle watching him hopping around after Patera. 😊

Im barely holding on myself. Not paycheck to paycheck yet. Thanks to preps. But over the Biden years my savings is almost dwindled down. That's after getting a second job and occasionally work a 3rd one.

Just make this one more comment 😂we moved my mother into memory care last week. She hates it. I just didn't feel like I could take care of her as dementia continues to get worse. It is shockingly expensive. We are still in shock. And there are still added costs above the bottom line😢just spent the morning on the phone and texting and emailing nurses and caregivers. Mom will pass away with nothing. Selling her house and cashing in her money market funds. And we will also have to pay additional to help pay when medicaid takes over paying. What a horrible situation to put her in.

Patara, your critters are precious!! God bless!!!

Oh my gosh you got that goat smiling! 😊lol

Patara you are right on the mark. My mother and stepdad are penniless because they can’t stay out of the casino. They are in late 80’s. We are in our late 60’s. I am an only child and I have talked until I am blue in the face. You just can’t help some folks. Yes our government has serious issues.

I was taking my granddaughter to school one day and we came across approximately 10 tom turkey walking back and forth real slow, they looked real gangsta.

I almost forgot,HUGS PATARA,and the rest of us too

Useless politicians live the high life off of our backs. All leave office millionaires and billionaires.

Francis following you around is just adorable!!! 🥰

Patera please pray for us in the Houston area we have been without power for the past four days. Thank you for educating us about prepping it really made us realize how in prepared we are

I'm retired and my husband plans to be retired in 3yrs. We are Gen Xers. We will see what the world looks like by then and decide. We can't keep working for ever either. We bought our house 25 yrs ago and today its worth 6x what I paid for it. My husband needs to rest now and give his body a break. Yes, God will provide, we trust in Him 🙏

You are correct- I am having a hard time just keeping up with some medical bills that insurance won’t pay. Then on top of this, water under my kitchen floor from a leaky tube on the back of my refrigerator that I was not aware of. When it rains it pours! I love to see that little goat hop around- having so much fun. Thanks Patara for your videos- I do look forward to them. I feel for our younger people that can’t buy a house- shame on our government, shame on, shame on.

2 of my three kids don’t speak to us anymore because we set our boundaries, and told them what might be coming.

I feel like singing “Miss Patera Had a Farm” when I see all your animals hanging around with you.

This message is so important. We are trying to help two elderly Dad’s, 94 and 84. Plus just found out that our (second)non Christian daughter is divorcing. The rest of kids can’t afford a home with one son looking at Med school. Trusting God will lead us one step at a time.

I’m with you sister. Gen X. My mom is in her mid 80s. Luckily my dad’s federal retirement and their savings is sustaining her after he passed. My oldest son and his fiancée just graduated college in May and are struggling to find a job so they are having to move in with us this month. It’s impossible for people to live in a single family home anymore.

Thanking God he allowed me to retire 2 years ago debt free!

I buy very little from the grocery store. I grow , preserve, make or barter, or do without. Medicines for my husband’s Parkinson’s are purchased but I grow herbs for daily problems. I’m in my seventies.

Franceis is so cute. He is like a puppy. In some cases, there are more older people working at fast food places and Walmart than young people. You are right. There is tremendous pressure on young people who want to invest in a house. It is sad!!! Thank you Patara.

Totally agree. I moved my grandma in with us. My 2 adult sons live with us. My husband took a second job and I went back to work after 4 years of staying home and homeschooling our daughter. We are still completely committed to homeschooling well so we are definitely feeling the squeeze.

Exactly. They want the young people to move to a condo or apartment in the city.

I am retired as is my wife. Debt free is the way to go. Farm living now is the great equalizer. Good luck folks.

I have worked since I was 14 on “official jobs” and am in my mid 50’s now. I never had money, worked and lived pay check to pay check my entire life. Worked a lot of years for 7 days a week. I bought a mobile home late in life because we just couldn’t afford much but now I have house payments until I am well past retirement age. I am like you, no retirement here. I’ll be going to work for the rest of my life…it’s just what it is. I’ve been putting some money aside for the last few years for a little emergency fund. I am lucky enough to have a job with retirement and insurance, I thank the Lord for that every day. I so enjoy your videos, the truth is refreshing!! So few understand the things of this world these days but you are spot on!

Yes your spot On .both my adult children have moved from Florida to North Carolina living with us.Praying it works out for all of us

I'm 60. Yes in the middle. Trying to get the parents home ready to sell, and still helping my daughter with bills. It's a huge treat to be able to treat ourselves with dinner out. We are still able to do at least the 5 products extra for the pantry. Can't wait until things lighten up.

Hahaha uh uh. Luke Bryan it girl!! 😂 I don't believe Forbes. My grocery budget says 135%