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‘We lived within our means’: I earned $30,000 as a pastor and still retired comfortably. Why don’t you tell people that?

‘We lived within our means’: I earned $30,000 as a pastor and still retired comfortably. Why don’t you tell people that?
MarketWatch Saturday 26 September 2026, 12:00 UTC By Quentin Fottrell 1 min read
Key Points

“As a country, we have grown dangerously comfortable.”

“As a country, we have grown dangerously comfortable.”
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