With pensions dying out and the responsibility to save enough in your working years to pay for decades of life without a paycheck squarely on workers’ shoulders, the traditional idea of retirement may no longer be realistic for most. That might not be a bad thing, though. Working full-time until 65 or 70 years old, then…
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