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WiltonKnight: For argument's sake - take out extremes like someone dirt poor or handicapped.

People living in poverty, the handicapped, and children make up about 47% of Americans. Removing them from your equation would raise your magic number from about $95,000 to about $206,000. For argument's sake, say $1,000 a month. I'll make a WAG and say that most Americans could not come up with an extra $1,000 a month every month for twenty straight years.

First question: what happens with the remaining debt of people who die before paying off their portion of the debt? Is their debt shifted to their families?

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