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I’m a single 58-year-old veteran with $1.5 million in assets and a VA pension. Can I afford to retire?

“I expect to receive at least $9,000 per month before federal and California state taxes.”

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I’m a single 58-year-old veteran with $1.5 million in assets and a VA pension. Can I afford to retire?
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Source mix

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CurrentWire ranked this story 66.7 of 100 in the snapshot this page was rendered from.

Freshness
30.7 of 35
Source authority
14 of 20
Coverage breadth
4 of 20
Geographic relevance
10 of 10
Story prominence
8 of 10
Velocity
0 of 5

Strongest signal: geographic relevance, 10 of 10. How each signal is calculated.

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