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Old 04-10-2025, 09:33 AM
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Prices double about every 10-15 years. SSI only goes up 3% or so per year. Large unexpected unbudgeted expenses happen to everyone, notably medical, but other things too. Those can kill your savings.

Its easy math to add SSI to assumed draw on a $1M nest egg, and say hey I can live fine on that. But it won't necessarily work out that way.