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Ramsey. It is common sense stuff, but money issues derive from bad money behavior.
Whether you agree with Ramsey's principles or not, he is not scared by the looney left to talk about his beliefs in God.
The problem is his religious beliefs are in contradiction to his normal common sense message. His whole shtick is do the common sense logical thing but that goes out the window when common sense crosses with something his church says he should do. Example being tithing....he has no problem even recommends completely broke people pay 10% off the top to their church. That completely inconsistent with common sense money management.
Another example is the broke housewife not earning money for the family because of some religiously driven desire to home school her kids. He gets that call all the time and he rarely tells them to cut the nonsense, send your kid to public school, and go get a job.
Speaking of Suzie Orman, I had the tv on mute on CNBC, I look over and Suzie's show is on. Someone was asking Suzie for advice on whether or she can afford something.
The girl was 28 years old and wanted to buy a new BENZ because she felt like "she deserves if for working hard". When asked what debt she has, the girl replies , " I only have $100k in student loans", IN DEFERMENT !
You don't need Suzie's advice if you have common sense.
Although I disagree with several of her political views, I did enjoy reading The Two Income Trap (2003). I wish she would do a follow-up post-crash of 2008ish. I thought she hit the nail on the head highlighting many of the issues (and misconceptions) that have developed over the past 35 years, though I'm not sure about all the proposed solutions. Either way, we need to be talking about this problem more.
I like Suze's show better, just because it is fascinating to see some of the financial train wrecks they cart out.
That show from Canada (forget the name) with Gayle Something-or-other is equally entertaining from that perspective. I knew lots of people spend too much, but it really is eye opening to see how many will spend $6000/month on a $3500/month income. I wish they did follow ups on that show, saying/doing the right things for a couple weeks is one thing but truly making the lifestyle change and sticking to it is another.
The problem is his religious beliefs are in contradiction to his normal common sense message. His whole shtick is do the common sense logical thing but that goes out the window when common sense crosses with something his church says he should do. Example being tithing....he has no problem even recommends completely broke people pay 10% off the top to their church. That completely inconsistent with common sense money management.
Another example is the broke housewife not earning money for the family because of some religiously driven desire to home school her kids. He gets that call all the time and he rarely tells them to cut the nonsense, send your kid to public school, and go get a job.
I didn't realize Dave Ramsey's show was still on. What channel is it on?
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