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THURSDAY, 25 JUNE 1998
Loud budgeting is telling everyone you can't afford brunch.
Quiet budgeting is going anyway, checking your balance in the car and moving retirement to 79.
— Zack, unqualified
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PREVIOUSLY, ON YOUR DECLINE
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- Treat yourself, they said. You did. Four times before lunch. Your pension felt every…
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