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As rumors spread that President Obama might utter the word annuity during his State of the Union address earlier this year, the insurance industry went wild. Salespeople touted the president's impending seal of approval as a reason to buy their wares -- even if the high-fee, complex versions they were promoting only vaguely resembled the products that the president supports.
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