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A financial windfall or hard-earned nest egg can ease many worries.

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This is happening at a time when those on fixed budgets could be hit with higher prices for consumer goods thanks to Trump’s tariffs, and may see their nest eggs threatened by stock market volatility.

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That would remove the threat of sheriff’s deputies hauling her out, provide a nest egg to start anew and give her more control of a situation she believed would otherwise turn out poorly.

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A lot of these guys, when they get into the corporate world, their nest egg becomes so solid that their fear of losing that supersedes them being sharper onstage.

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And even though some are living off substantial nest eggs or healthy retirement accounts, others are barely surviving on a fixed income.

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