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Long Game Challenge #3: Income For much of history, retirement income wasn’t an issue. As we discu ssed in Chapt er O ne, peopl e weren’t ret iring. They A By Neil Wilding s Marty mentioned in the previous chapter, we grow retirement funds for many reasons. But, for many of us, the primary reason is income. We need annual funds to maintain our lifestyle in retirement. Income is an area where long-game thinking is critical. After all, the best income plan in the world isn’t helpful if it runs out of stea m befo re you do. The good new s is more and more Americans are taking a long-game view of retirement income, and that’s largely because of watershed moments that came well before COVID- 19. A Quick Look at History
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