Rodney Pete Has Become Extremely Depressed After Learning from You

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Essay

Rodney Pete has become extremely depressed after learning from you that his retirement plan has a potential shortfall of $1,500 per month. He argues that since it is beyond his means to save that kind of money, he would have been better off not engaging you to develop his retirement plan. How do you calm him down?

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