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The "Can You Live on One Income?" Calculator
Issue date: July 17-19, 1998
THE SIMPLICITY MOVEMENT
Thinking of switching from two incomes to one? Or is your spouse thinking about going back to work? Find out what that second income really amounts to.
Experiment with our automatic calculator -- adapted from the book Shattering the Two-Income Myth by Andy Dappen -- to see how much the second income in your family really amounts to.First, enter a dollar amount related to the second income and benefits. Then enter the appropriate dollar amounts below for expenses that must be taken into account when both spouses work.
Reprinted by permission from Shattering the Two-Income Myth: Daily Secrets for Living Well on One Income by Andy Dappen (Brier Books, $14.95). To order, call (800) 742-4847.
USA WEEKEND report on a small but growing number of Americans who are saying "Enough!" and scaling back, paring down, doing without.
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