Quote of the Day 12/5/16

“Imagine that you are a parent of two and you’ve just received your monthly paycheck. After you pay your bills to keep your family housed and fed, you have $268.78 left, or just under $3 per person per day until your next paycheck. What will you do if you get a flat tire? What if you have to cover the co-pay on an emergency room visit? While you’re figuring that out, do you know which bills you can pay late without interruption of service or penalty fees?”

-Shawna Mott-Wright, vice president of the Tulsa Classroom Teachers Association, writing about the precarious finances of Oklahoma classroom teachers (Source).