Dave Ramsey Was Wrong, Now She's F*cked | Financial Audit
Published: 2025-06-06
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Published: 2025-06-06
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The speaker's three driving accidents will fall off their record by the end of the current year.
"at the end of this year all those three will fall off and then you're going to pick up all these extra things instead of looking for different career opportunities."
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A $1,000 debt, at the current repayment rate, will take seven years to pay off, extending into the individual's 40s with no retirement savings.
"And then you'll be in your 40s. Still $0. Still paying off credit cards. $0 in our retirement. Still paying off credit cards. Okay. Seven years for $1,000. Mhm. That is ridiculous."
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The speaker advises the individual to attend school, community college, or seek certifications to boost income, emphasizing the need to invest the same effort put into leisure activities into their education and career development.
"The reality is if you got to suck it up, take advantage of the accommodations, go to a school, community college, whatever you can do that offers the programs that you want to do and actually put in the work and the time and find the accommodations that you can put in the effort. the amount of effort that you take to go over the step to go to a rave to do a trip to go to aing vortex or whatever whatever you do that amount of effort just put even half of it into just trying to find a system that works for you even if it takes you twice as long to complete school we need to boost our income"
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To improve financial situation, the individual needs to increase their income to at least $30/hour through certifications, a new career, or a second job.
"we need to boost our income if we're going and we're borrowing a little bit more for school for the long-term life I am okay with that but you need to boost your income we got to get to at least $30 an hour even if that is starting a whole brand new career through the certification or just becoming an entry-level desk person somewhere and working your way up or working a second job, working the McDonald's, something on the side. You got to bring in more money."
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After increasing income, the recommended debt payoff strategy is the snowball method (smallest to largest debt), with no non-essential spending.
"Once you bring in more money, then yes, pay off the debt, smallest to largest. No spending on them whatsoever. That is not involved in David's in David's little snowball. Okay. He didn't invent it, but either way, just cuz you were watching the DVDs."
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Once income is boosted and debt is managed, the next steps are to build a six-month emergency fund and then catch up on retirement savings.
"Then we got to start catching up on retirement. You got to get to get a six-month emergency fund, then catch up on retirement."
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The speaker doubts the individual will change their behavior, even if they were to go through bankruptcy, suggesting a need to prove behavioral change over 3-6 months before considering such drastic measures.
"So, if you did go through bankruptcy, at least prove that you can live this lifestyle for 3 to 6 months. Change your behavior. Mhm. But I don't know, man. That's it. I just I don't think you're going to I don't think you're going to do anything that is slightly inconvenient to you. You're going to find an excuse to not do it?"
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The guest's overall financial health score is a 1 out of 10.
"Hammer financial score, rounded up to a one out of 10."
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Despite being in a negative monthly cash flow situation, the individual plans to attend two festivals in October and November.
"She told me, 'Yeah, I booked a festival. I'm coming back in October and then I have a festival in November.' What are you doing? You are negative money on a monthly basis. You cannot go to a music festival. Period. Period. Period. Period."
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The speaker realized that a career in crime scene technology might negatively impact their mental health after graduating.
"If you're able to actually uh not drop out on the first day. Um, what I'm doing now is exactly what I want to be doing in medical if I want to stay in medical. But after graduating, I realized maybe crane crime scene tech is maybe not great for my psyche cuz the things that you have to deal with."
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The speaker plans to refinance their car loan once their credit score improves.
"I'm gonna try to refinance once I get a little bit better credit."
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The speaker's income-driven repayment plan for student loans was overturned, and they are expecting a new payment of $525.
"So, what's happening with that right this second is I was doing that save thing and they overturned it. I got a notification just like two weeks ago saying I need to sign up for cuz I had a an IDR plan um and it was going to be like 132 and they overturned that I guess in in the courts as well. Yes, I got a notification that I was in a 60-day forbearance and they'll let me know what my new payment's going to be. Well, looks like $525."
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To improve their financial situation, the speaker advises focusing effort on education and increasing income to at least $30 per hour, suggesting school, a second job, or a new career path.
"The reality is if you got to suck it up, take advantage of the accommodations, go to a school, community college, whatever you can do that offers the programs that you want to do and actually put in the work and the time and find the accommodations that you can put in the effort. the amount of effort that you take to go over the step to go to a rave to do a trip to go to aing vortex or whatever whatever you do that amount of effort just put even half of it into just trying to find a system that works for you even if it takes you twice as long to complete school we need to boost our income if we're going and we're borrowing a little bit more for school for the long-term life I am okay with that but you need to boost your income we got to get to at least $30 an hour"
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After increasing income, the recommended debt payoff strategy is the snowball method (smallest to largest debt) with no additional spending.
"Once you bring in more money, then yes, pay off the debt, smallest to largest. No spending on them whatsoever. That is not involved in David's in David's little snowball."
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The speaker outlines a financial priority of building a six-month emergency fund and then catching up on retirement savings.
"then we got to start catching up on retirement. You got to get to get a six-month emergency fund, then catch up on retirement."
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The speaker's financial score is a 1 out of 10, with low scores for debt (2/10), emergency fund (0/10), retirement (0/10), and real estate (0/10).
"Spending in a budget, you technically spend under what you make surprisingly, but none of it went towards anything productive. So two out of 10 debt, it's bad debt, you know, especially for your income situation. It's not the worst debt in the world, but it is a two out of 10. Emergency fund, nothing. 0 out of 10. Retirement, nothing. 0 out of 10. Real estate, nothing, zero out of 10. Hammer financial score, rounded up to a one out of 10."
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Despite being in a negative financial situation, the speaker plans to attend multiple festivals in October and November.
"She told me, 'Yeah, I booked a festival. I'm coming back in October and then I have a festival in November.' What are you doing? You are negative money on a monthly basis. You cannot go to a music festival. Period. Period. Period. Period."
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