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Can You Retire at 55 With $2 Million? (Single, No Pension)
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$2 million sounds like a finish line. At 55, single, with 35 years of retirement ahead of you, it's a starting number, and the distance between those two things is where most plans quietly break.
In this episode I walk through what $2 million actually funds: what comes off the top in taxes, what health coverage costs for the decade before Medicare kicks in, and how long the money has to stretch when there's no second Social Security check and no survivor benefit behind you.
Then I cover the part that matters more, the four levers genuinely in your control, and how much each…
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