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Reddit users are trying to convince a retiree with $2.7 million in cash and investments that she's financially set for life, but a "poverty mindset" rooted in decades of saving is blocking her from believing the math: $77,000 a year indexed to inflation, plus Social Security, for the next 30 years, with $2.7 million still left in the account.