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April 21st, 2005

Spending severance pay to pay off mortgage (Bankrate.com)

Could you please suggest what to do? My wife and I were laid off two weeks ago. We got severance pay and benefits pay totaling $85,000. We recently bought a townhouse and owe $85,000 to a bank. My wife wants to pay off the mortgage, but I am against it because that would leave us without any money.

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