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Can You Cut Expenses by a Half Million Dollars?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

We used free TV for most of our married life (we do now splurge on satellite TV!). Since cable became widely available in 1990 and we got satellite TV in 2007, we had 17 years of savings of about $51 a month (fees for one step above basic cable) – total savings over 17 years being $10,404. 40,720 Home Repair.