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Driscoll was socking away $18,000 a year into his retirement account, the maximum allowed for his age.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2017

Written by former Bloomberg White House reporter Kate Anderson Brower, “The Residence” details how the Clintons apparently were going at it like Rock’em Sock’em Robots — and it’s clear who was socking whom.

From Washington Times • Apr. 6, 2015

In the third quarter, however, consumer spending showed the smallest rise in almost two years, and the worried consumer was socking an exceptionally high 7.6% of his take-home pay into savings.

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