Yet their outgo of taxes and gifts to charity were about 57.9% of their productivity.

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The bottom line is that there are many ways to reach true financial security, and it usually involves having your income exceed your outgo so you you can have capital to save and invest.

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Fear of losing a job, fear of a spouse losing a job, fear of a newly minted high school or college graduate child not being able to find a job and staying home, fear of static income succumbing to ever growing outgo, fear of losing status quo.

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