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How to Live Below Your Means Painlessly

Whether you plan to retire or have already made the leap, you may long for some material luxury such as a new car or a second home. But because you must build a safe spending and budgeting plan for the long term, you need to keep that money invested and working for you, instead. This is the sort of discipline it takes to Live Below Your Means (your guidepost for all spending-related matters in your retirement years).

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Can I retire without a mountain of savings?

I'm a 51-year-old married homeowner (I still have a mortgage and kids in college), with a decent but not fabulously paying job, who has saved very little for retirement. Can you suggest a strategy to keep me out of the old paupers' home?

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Social Security

The general term that describes a number of related programs, including retirement, disability, dependents and survivors benefits. These programs provide workers and their families with some monthly income when their normal flow of income shrinks because of retirement, disability, or death.

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