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Note: As of 2017, The New Homemaker is an archive. The articles on the site are all original to TNH. For more musings from Lynn, the person behind this site, go here.

The average American family walks around lugging $7,000 in annual consumer debt, according to CardTrak. That's a little more than $583 per month in extra money spent, if you want to see it in stark terms. Clearly, most people are living beyond their means.

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