"If someone supporting a family of four on about $35,000 a year in pricey San Francisco can manage to save a big chunk of income, what's stopping the rest of us from saving more?

That's a question for another column, but there's no doubt we can learn a few lessons, or at least get some savings inspiration, from the low-wage workers participating in a program offered by Earn, a San Francisco-based nonprofit that helps low-income people save money for specific assets."