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HOW MUCH DO YOU NEED?

According to the Barna Research Group, the average American adult believes he needs an additional $8,000–$11,000 per year to live comfortably. Tracking studies show, however, that even when adults reach or exceed the income levels to which they aspired, they still claim they need another $8,000–$11,000 to live comfortably.

(From a sermon by Jeremy Poling, Trivial Pursuit, 4/4/2011)

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