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Prairie Eco-Thrifter

She couldn’t stretch the inheritance, no matter how thrifty she was, to last more than 15 years. She charged up credit cards to buy food and clothing. She stopped paying income tax on the rare occasions when she did have income and did not pay county real estate taxes. Borrow Money You Can’t Pay Back.

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Meet Aja. She & her husband Paid Off $110,000 in Debt

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We paid down mostly student loans, vehicles and business credit card debt ( we already own a home outright ). Since I was getting paid for working and hotel/airfare was covered, we were able to celebrate with a small net effect on our budget. It wasn’t until the last 2 years that we got serious.

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