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Otherwise, the rest of the budget, defense and otherwise, is going to be impoverished by the nuclear juggernaut.

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No one should be left behind or be impoverished by these policies, "otherwise it will be a problem for democracy", he said.

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But our way of existing will be impoverished in the process.

It’s designed to mollify older workers, who tend to go to the polls more reliably, while sticking it to younger workers, who tend to be years or decades away from having to worry about how they will be sustained in retirement and therefore hopefully won’t pay any attention to how their post-career years will be impoverished by Republican benefit cuts.

Noah Damsky, principal of Marina Wealth Advisors in Los Angeles, says you should save for the categories with the most severe consequences first — and retirement tops that list, since no one wants to be impoverished in old age.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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