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Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here's your chance.

In Money's "Readers to the Rescue" department, we publish questions from readers seeking help with sticky financial situations, along with advice from other readers on how to solve those problems. Here's our latest reader question:

> *What can I do about my friends who are 15 years from retirement and not saving for it?*

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