Twitter Emergency Fund Poll

Ramit Sethi tweeted this : “Why do pundits still suggest saving up for an emergency fund? Nobody does it. Stop beating a dead horse and come up with another suggestion.” I was stunned. Am I the only person on the planet with an emergency fund? I decided to throw out the question to whoever was following me on Twitter: @hank_MiB - 3 months saved up here. ate a big chunk of it for landscaping though… @willandbeyond - Grad student stipend’s don’t really give much room to save for an emergency fund unfortunately… @ericyng - I had about 8 months of income saved up, but decided to use it to pay off my car (6.5%). Now I’m working on saving again @bripblap - I have an emergency fund covering about 2 months’ expenses now. Last year, 10 mos.,we decided that was too much cash on hand. @brucethetaxguy - 6 months @Green_Panda - 3 months in EF in an ING account So there are at least a handful of p...