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For millions, the retirement dream is in reality an economic nightmare. For millions, growing old today means growing poor, being sick, living in substandard housing, and having to scrimp merely to subsist.

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Money never remains just coins and pieces of paper. Money can be translated into the beauty of living, a support in misfortune, an education, or future security. It also can be translated into a source of bitterness.

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The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

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Sylvia Porter

Sylvia Porter

Born: June 18, 1913
Died: June 5, 1991 (aged 77)
Bio: Sylvia Field Porter was an American economist, journalist and author. At the height of her career, her readership was greater than 40 million people.

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