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When saving money threatens your survival safety net

I saved up eight hundred dollars for my kid's school clothes and now they say it makes me ineligible for benefits even though it will be gone in one shopping trip.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Systems that penalize any accumulation of resources prevent the very stability they claim to support.

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