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Besides the ants say “It isn’t how much | monthly payments, there are the money you have, it’s how you |car insurance premiums and manage it.” And they warn that |the money that constantly goes unless a couple learns to live |out to keep the car operating on their income walterire small,| A young couple should not try they won't be any tter off financially as their income ris-|but concentrate on a few big “one consultant in money man-|then add to them. The limit of agement suggests that a couple |annual income that should be with a working wife should bud- invested in furniture at one time get their living costs on the {has been estimated 10 to 12 per man’s income. This is what{|cent. By dealing with a reliable they’ll have to live on eventual-|furniture store you can often a coenee to 40 per cent of | purchase on a contract basis, working wife’s income can |8fd thus cut down high interest be set aside for her expenses, |charges. and the rest be saved. 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