I worked with a lady who said she couldn’t afford new tires for her car but spent $10 a day at Starbucks. All those “little” purchases daily can add up. I guarantee they’re eating out too much and buying expensive drinks. 🤔
this is a lot cheaper and more entertaining than going to a therapist 😂😂😂 everytime I hear one of these financial train wreck stories I feel much better about myself
The people that call in with no preparation on what they’re going to say blow my mind. Also people who make over 100k per year and can’t pay their bills. $222 and a blown tire overdrafted his account? Something isn’t adding up.
Being broke on 100K a year isn't that unusual or unreasonable here in the Bay Area, or other expensive urban coastal areas. Wichita, though, is a different story.
These sorts of calls are always a little frustrating. I want to know where they are spending money. They call in completely clueless about how to make their basic needs, but make $110k? I mean, how does someone with that income overdraft on $220?
They overdraft because they don't have enough funds in whatever account is being debited from. Has nothing to do with income. $110k is enough to get by on but it's not a huge amount, especially with the rising cost of literally everything.
@@Lon1001 It have to do with financial management. I make half of his household income, and my monthly bills with is a mortgage and car note is only 25% of my income. When I was married and monthly income was doubled this family, we live paycheck to paycheck. He was financially irresponsible but will admit, the best thing I got from him was an excel budget that I still use today.
People really need to at least have a budget plan before calling. You’re having money problems because you have no idea where your money is going to. It’s really not that hard.
That's most people even those with degrees. That's why I'm against student loan forgiveness. They make enough to pay off their debt, but they're such disorganized, impulse spenders, that they end up in the hole.
People in third world countries are saying: “How could someone who makes $15 an hour possibly be broke?? I make $15 per month!”. Truth is, broke is a mindset/spending habit. NOT a paycheck/bank account balance.
@MrBean - totally agree. My wife and I jointly make right at $175K a year and take home $8500 monthly. People seem to forget about all the deductions as you itemized. Now I’m not complaining. Our take home is very good money for the area of the country we live in.
If he doesn't know where the money is going it's probably being frittered away on useless little things they don't need, eating out, buying coffee at cafes, buying lots of toys and clothes, shopping for junk for the house etc. They need to start tracking all that.
Haha it is funny because Dave is not being mean, he is being honest, something people do not w ant to hear or never got someone to tell them the truth.
They need to get their act together. Do a budget for gods sake. Control the money.They are bringing home 5K or more a month after taxes and all. You can't live on that in the location they are in? Come on.
@@hammanta I was going to say the same thing. They are brining in much more than $5k a month. A major problem is people are living outside their means. $100+k is not poverty level income.
Love when Dave gets fired up about helping people. You could hear the hopelessness in this guy’s voice. Truly just about getting organized and getting out of his own way.
@@robertjetski8736 Apparently (at least from the video I just watched) they surmised that the problem was that the couple don't have a budget, and are very chaotic in their spending.
What!!? $1050 mortgage! That's insanely cheap. Average American just can't make a budget. We need mandatory financial education in high school before kicking them out into the real world, bc the real world will eat you alive if you're not on top of your stuff.
I’ve been living on a budget since high school and it was all self taught. It’s not rocket science to add up your bills and subtract from what you make. Then spend accordingly.
"If I gave you 10,000 dollars to look at these people's budget and come up with a plan on how to fix it. You would have it done in an hour and half." Really insightful way to look at it!
50% of people making 100k or more live Paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford a $1000 emergency. This show proves this statistic everyday. So happy I found Dave learned how to budget and became debt free 😊
Honestly if they ate at home they could probably be out of debt soon. I guarantee they never eat at home. Wanna know how i know?? That’s my problem lol 😂
I think the problem is that these people are just spending day to day without paying attention. I know when I’m not every day, looking at my budget/spending, what bills I have coming before I get paid next, etc., it makes it so easy to get out of control.
I alwaysgave away baby and kidclothes of youngest child and got some in return for them. My clothes have dressed at least 14 kiddos!!! At school there always was a big clothesexchange and moms and dads did the same. It was awesome to revive memories seeing another little or big person wearing previously loved clothes. We even "reserved" clothes by asking someone wearing an item we loved to think about giving or exchanging it wit them if ever we were getting rid of it. And when at long last an item wasn't wearable anymore it got recycled into bunting and other schoolfeast decorations and arts and craft classroomactivities.
I make around 130K after tax. I spend only 30k and save 100k yearly for my early retirement. As a single male, I don't need a big house and a 60K car. 30K is more than enough for me.
Go to college so you can have $30k in debt so you can work full time making $52k so you can send $1200 a month to daycare. Women need to wake the heck up. We’ve been lied to.
that's life, life require spending $$. can you guarantee she can still find a 52k job if she doesn't go to college? she won't need to spend 1200/mo if she has no kids, it's a choice that she makes, no one is making her do it.
I'm sorry to say that I discovered a lot of other adults are still financially illiterate or purposely refuse to actually know where the money is going by writing it down. By the time they grow up and wake up they are 30 or even 40.
I can relate to this. They are working and have a young child. New parents. It gets overwhelming. They caught it early enough and will start to feel better soon! ❤
I love when Dave said hypothetically that if he paid them $10,000 to develop a working budget and that they would have that done in an hour and a half. Motivation is relative. Be the adult. Budget. Develop a plan and execute. They clearly have the resources to punch through this.
Put on the song "Seven Nation Army" on full blast on your way to work every morning and get pumped up to kill the debt! Stop spending and start living!
They must be shopping, drinking or eating out like crazy. They got $9k a month income and listed $3k a month in bills. Something doesn't add up. There is a online gambling addiction size hole in their finances somewhere.
@kingberry100 , or if they are eating out almost every meal. Could easily spend $150/ day on that if they have no self-control.🤔 I wouldn't doubt if someone has a bad coke habbit, though.
Eeeh $300 a week on childcare would destroy most families. Ain't nothing cheap or affordable about that. That's why I get disgusted when people talk about how being a SAHM 'isn't work'. To that foolishness I say: 'Okay then. Pay for it. Hire a woman and pay her. Now let's see what's 'not work'. IMO, $1200 a month on childcare is what's causing this.
I make similar money, and with $900 in car payments and $2200 in mortgage payments plus all the regular bills, I put over $1k in savings every month. These people must be spending like crazy people on everything they could possible buy.
@@grantv2313 Yes, I'd be willing to bet they each pick up a ton of lunches and coffees on the go along with eating out at least a few times a week. That could quickly become a couple grand a month.
This reminds me of my life when I was married 17 years ago. Finances killed our marriage. I found Ramsey and she's still just like this. I'm now in bs7 and an EDM and she's still over drafting her accounts. I'm happy and she's miserable, this plan works.
People just don't break it down, a lot of people pay more for Cable, internet, cell phones and other recurring subscriptions then they realize, and it kills their budget! because they don't have a budget.
It’s not called babysitting when it’s your own kid, but yes I agree they might consider working opposite shifts so they don’t need to pay for childcare.
Hahaha you’re the problem, you’re the problem! Lol 😂 did he say this is awesome? I guess some people just need Dave to yell them into shape. I get it. You can definitely do it. Good luck sir.
Looking at Dave and the expression on his face when the caller said they make over 110k a year and he has about 11k in auto loans was funny. The wife buys Starbucks before and after work and ubereats for lunch and dinner. When I was typing ubereats the cohost said about doing ubereats. Then Dave chimes in about not getting ubereats delivering it. People don't realize how eating out all the time adds up. Dave knows what the problem is. Not cooking at home.
At my son’s high school they teach Dave Ramsey and budgeting. It should be mandatory at schools. If you want kids to succeed and not be broke, you need to teach them. The reason they don’t teach this is because saving money doesn’t make good consumers. I found Dave Ramsey over 10 years ago with $125k student loans on my back. If I didn’t take things seriously, I would probably still be making payments. The plan works. You just have to behave yourself.
I work with someone who spent $17 a day on 2 iced coffees and a pack of cigarettes. I figured that over a year, she spent $6500. She could have doubled her mortgage for what she was spending on throwaway items.
I’m always amazed at the number of people that eat lunch out everyday rather than pack a lunch Maybe its because I was a teacher and had to bring lunch (or eat school lunch - ick!).
True. They only have $10k left, but we don't know where it started. Still, I don't think it explains the amount of money that should be left in the budget.
Your stage of life is rough. Every little thing adds up. Its getting on the same page and deciding what you "need" first and doing without everything else. Market place for the tire. Call scrap yards they want to give them away. Stop getting things from the box store. Ive been through your stage. Its a tough one. Still have fun though. I love to ride motorcycles and yet spending money is still not fun to me. You have all these little payments that add up and are keeping you working extra. Be an animal about money for a little bit and you'll get stronger out the other side. Show and have appreciation for your wife and kids.
With a lot of people who are broke, it's not necessarily big expenses like an extravagant car purchase or even a house doing that. His major expense costs seem very reasonable and even on the frugal side. Their house payment is barely 10% of their income, which is nothing. It's all the nickel and dime stuff - constant ATM withdrawals for cash. Eating out constantly, even for lunch every day vs. bringing it to work. Starbucks. Cigarettes. Booze and hanging out in bars. Entertainment and waste over BS you can't even remember, and items you don't even account for. Gail Vaz on the Canadian show "Till debt do us part" always used to itemize their cash ATM withdrawals and miscellaneous daily charges, and the numbers were always astounding.
I had a buddy that delivered pizza. At the end of the night he'd bring home pizza that people didn't pay for in the trunk of his car. He was so sick of eating pizza everyday that he started passing them out in the homeless community
When you take a debt you take a debt. That means you must pay. If you do not pay I see as stealing money. Do not borrow if you cannot pay. Do not borrow on what you "plan on making" that is not going to work
Exactly. Either they are overspending on food or shopping, or he’s not being truthful about the amount of debt that they have, or there is some sort of addiction going on. Because it’s not adding up at all
One thing I thought I heard is that the hospital bill came directly out of the guy's bank account, which caused an overdraft; he probably needs to stop those automatic payments. He can probably pay online without it being an automatic payment.
I ordered delivery for the first time in a year the other night and now I remember why. Over priced burger cold oversalted fries served warm and lied about the price by 20% I felt like an idiot takeout is always a ripoff and once you accept it , you're screwed .
I love listening to the Ramsey show. I can honestly say that I've never had issues with money. I worked, had decent money. I even got very ill and lost my job and had no income for 2 years and had to pay up to 85K for treatment and I could still do it with my reserve fund. Now I'm on disability and I have a decent part time job. I make the same amount that I did when I worked full time. I lived alone when I was younger and I always lived well, shopped, ate out, took trips. I really have never had to stress about money. Unlike my bf who never has enough money ever in the 10 years I've known him. I believe you get trained watching your parents and fortunately we had good parental role models with money.
Why are they telling them to get an extra job... They don't have an income problem! Their side hustle will be a drop in the bucket in comparison to how much they make from their normal jobs
They'd prefer them to pay off the loans quickly and get onto a new baby step. Their income is fine for paying minimums on all of the debts they have, but to pay off thousands quickly, an extra job would help a lot.
My sister is disorganized too . Makes 45,000 . But Amazon lives at her house . Buys small cuts of meat at 17.99 per pound but the small amount cubed cuts cost only 4.64 . Not understanding she can buy large and meal prep . The amount of money she spends on small items is costing her money . I have tried to explain but have stopped . An outsider has to help . As a sister she gives me the bulldog face and stomps away . She lives in the dollar store .
He’s young but I believe he can totally do this and enjoy life without this mental burden, that’s got to be the worst! I hope he knows life is worth living but cutting back will make him feel good. All the best to this young couple.
How has this guy have no idea where this money is going. He could be debt free in 1 year minus the house yet he thinks selling a $6k car will get him debt free
Question for people, why do so many people have trouble with hospital bills? They can’t even collect it from my experience. I have a kid and I never even paid their birth bill. She’s 5 now and they’ve never called me for it
Depends on the hospital network. Some will chase after you aggressively, others (mostly non-profits) will sell the debt to a collection agency but will chose to not report to credit bureau so it would never show up. However, It is in your best interest to pay your medical bills. Stealing services from hospitals is not cool.
I used to smoke, a lot. Now when I see someone smoking hit hurts my esophogas to watch someone take that drag. Listening to calls like this hurts my wallet in the same way.
with a 110k income and such crazy low living and housing expenses and such crazy low car payments where is the money going?? There has got to be a drug or gambling problem eating at the money or they are just spending many thousands a month on eating out. Probably eating out for lunch and take out dinner everything night.
One of the many reasons I listen to the Ramsey show is the fact that the callers seem to always make me feel outstanding about my life choices.
Yeah..I agree....most callers make me feel like Einstein to be honest with you....which is pretty sad.....
Ha ha ha. Sooooooo true!
Unfortunately the bar for financial literacy is very low.
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They remind me of where I was and why I never want to go back to that!
I love how Dave is on your side. He can hear how someone is just overwhelmed, gives them a kick up the butt then gives the pep talk.
Not get Uber eats , Deliver Uber eats” 😂😂😂
When I heard 'do Uber eats for, like, four months' - what?!!!
@@richardw3470 Exactllyyyy
You've got to love how Dave cuts to the chase and gives order to the chaos. God bless him for helping so many people from themselves.
Cole- hang in there!! This process works.
Tell your money where to go so you know where it went.
YOU CAN DO THIS!!
I worked with a lady who said she couldn’t afford new tires for her car but spent $10 a day at Starbucks. All those “little” purchases daily can add up.
I guarantee they’re eating out too much and buying expensive drinks. 🤔
Yup, this is small purchases adding up to hundreds a month for sure.
Facts
You can buy "to go" cups and make your own coffee for a fraction of the price.
@@bettyroberts4156
I have a couple of insulated “to go” coffee mugs that I take with me everywhere
Yup. Just do the math $10 x 30 = $300 per freakin' month on coffee you can make at home for $1 per day.
Whenever i feel down about myself, I come and watch these videos.
this is a lot cheaper and more entertaining than going to a therapist 😂😂😂 everytime I hear one of these financial train wreck stories I feel much better about myself
Me too!! 🙏🏼
exactly.. keep me on my toes to budget and plan 😮
I was a drinker until age 35 and went into debt twice. I'm down from 31k to 13.5k getting my welding experience at the same time.
I don't know you brother, but you can do this and I wish you the best. Congrats for taking control of you life.
That’s great. Welding should serve you well, lots of demand if you acquire those certifications and move on up.
@@cesardejeronimo8184 I've seen it before. I did about 10 years of clubbing. Unfortunately I was approached more often by wives.
good job dude
Awesome. Congrats.
Drugs? Booze? Eating out every night of the week? Blowing money on big quantities of nothing? All of the above?
“Live within your means” best advice ever. I was in their place once. Now I’m not.
"Don't talk to me about style, you're broke people"
-Dave Ramsey
Thought of my alma mater when I heard that line
😂
I like Ramsey’s quiet “ummkay” as he channels his curmudgeon energy into his metaphorical whip.😂
He was waiting for the $60k car loan or $300k student loan to drop, seemed like he was disappointed it didn’t 😂
🤣 Awesome !!
The people that call in with no preparation on what they’re going to say blow my mind. Also people who make over 100k per year and can’t pay their bills. $222 and a blown tire overdrafted his account? Something isn’t adding up.
Their math isn’t adding up. 😂
Being broke on 100K a year isn't that unusual or unreasonable here in the Bay Area, or other expensive urban coastal areas. Wichita, though, is a different story.
@@TheSoulCrisis The math ain't mathin'.
@@nadiar.7788
Yep probably eating out and shopping, gyms, subscriptions.....
You can do it Cole! Sacrifice in the short term to win in the long term 💪
These sorts of calls are always a little frustrating. I want to know where they are spending money. They call in completely clueless about how to make their basic needs, but make $110k? I mean, how does someone with that income overdraft on $220?
They overdraft because they don't have enough funds in whatever account is being debited from. Has nothing to do with income. $110k is enough to get by on but it's not a huge amount, especially with the rising cost of literally everything.
@@silentnot4812 You nailed it, he has no clue where his money is going or how much he has.
@@silentnot4812🎯🎯🎯
@@Lon1001 even if inflation was 10% it still doesn’t make sense. He is hiding something
@@Lon1001 It have to do with financial management. I make half of his household income, and my monthly bills with is a mortgage and car note is only 25% of my income. When I was married and monthly income was doubled this family, we live paycheck to paycheck. He was financially irresponsible but will admit, the best thing I got from him was an excel budget that I still use today.
After years of living on a budget, knowing what I owe,when its due, what i have coming in and when, I cannot imagine living any other way.
I agree 100% I wouldnt know how to start the next month!! I could not live in such a choatic state ?????!!!!
People really need to at least have a budget plan before calling. You’re having money problems because you have no idea where your money is going to. It’s really not that hard.
Yeah he didn't even know how much money they make.
@@johannesswillery7855 He clearly did.
That's most people even those with degrees. That's why I'm against student loan forgiveness. They make enough to pay off their debt, but they're such disorganized, impulse spenders, that they end up in the hole.
I don't understand how people are making 100k, and they are broke, and living paycheck to paycheck.
People are insanely irresponsible and spend too much. Someone out there is saying that about people who make 30k.
You think 100k household income is a lot? That’s below average.
@@dmbgator86 Wrong. 2022 average US household income was $87k.
With essentially bills under 2k... crazy
People in third world countries are saying: “How could someone who makes $15 an hour possibly be broke?? I make $15 per month!”. Truth is, broke is a mindset/spending habit. NOT a paycheck/bank account balance.
They have a TON of money just disappearing somewhere. That's like 10k a month in take home and like 3k in bills.
it's about $7k in take home.
Keith your math is a bit off bro.
@@Lon1001 not even that. ~ 6k lol. I make the same
@MrBean - totally agree. My wife and I jointly make right at $175K a year and take home $8500 monthly. People seem to forget about all the deductions as you itemized. Now I’m not complaining. Our take home is very good money for the area of the country we live in.
Dave cutting to the chase. And giving the man what he needs to hear.
If he doesn't know where the money is going it's probably being frittered away on useless little things they don't need, eating out, buying coffee at cafes, buying lots of toys and clothes, shopping for junk for the house etc. They need to start tracking all that.
It’s always hilarious to me how Dave says “ No I’m not making fun at you,” then laughs hysterically 😬😂
😂😂😂
Haha it is funny because Dave is not being mean, he is being honest, something people do not w ant to hear or never got someone to tell them the truth.
He's relieving stress. Some of these callers really get to him.
They need to get their act together. Do a budget for gods sake. Control the money.They are bringing home 5K or more a month after taxes and all. You can't live on that in the location they are in? Come on.
Don't bend it, it takes a left-handed twisty to work properly.
They are bringing home at least 7k. And their mortgage is nothing. Something strange is going on here
@@hammanta For me and my buddy Hunter, I mean 'Gunther' it was hookers, coke and sweet, sweet whiskey.
@@hammanta I was going to say the same thing. They are brining in much more than $5k a month. A major problem is people are living outside their means. $100+k is not poverty level income.
@@iamkesha. around 5k sounds right. I make 112k and bring home close to 6k a month after 401k and others
Love when Dave gets fired up about helping people. You could hear the hopelessness in this guy’s voice. Truly just about getting organized and getting out of his own way.
I love it when Rachel cracks up.
Still never said where all that money is going to.
Yep. Dave did not dig deep enough this time to the to the bottom of the problem
And?
Jimmy McGill that was the problem...the guy didn't know where all the money is going to, because he and his wife don't have a budget.
@@robertjetski8736 Apparently (at least from the video I just watched) they surmised that the problem was that the couple don't have a budget, and are very chaotic in their spending.
@@Sheryl777 The guy is NOT in control!
What!!? $1050 mortgage! That's insanely cheap. Average American just can't make a budget. We need mandatory financial education in high school before kicking them out into the real world, bc the real world will eat you alive if you're not on top of your stuff.
But graduates know the difference between magma and lava which helps a lot during volcano season. 😂😅
@@lanaj1107 And cloud names to know when rain is coming, lenticular aaaaand... Fluffy🤣🤣
Right!!
I’ve been living on a budget since high school and it was all self taught. It’s not rocket science to add up your bills and subtract from what you make. Then spend accordingly.
It's a mindset as much as it is an education. The mindset comes from the parents and the friends.
I enjoy how blunt Dave is, well done....
Hosts: 4:15 What put you in this mess? Are you spending a ton?
Cole: No, No
Me: I almost choked on my rice and beans while on baby step one
😂😂
😂😂😂 hahahah
And buy only what you NEED - and second hand at that.
"If I gave you 10,000 dollars to look at these people's budget and come up with a plan on how to fix it. You would have it done in an hour and half." Really insightful way to look at it!
50% of people making 100k or more live Paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford a $1000 emergency. This show proves this statistic everyday. So happy I found Dave learned how to budget and became debt free 😊
Where did you get that statistic?
I love when people call and Ramble and just watching Dave boil.
Honestly if they ate at home they could probably be out of debt soon. I guarantee they never eat at home. Wanna know how i know?? That’s my problem lol 😂
Yep. This is where most horrible money habits start... laziness mixed with lack of planning.
Mine is vacation😂
Have you started cooking at home already?
Restaurant food is not what it used to be. It's much better to make homemade.
@@hastycontemplation much better
I think the problem is that these people are just spending day to day without paying attention. I know when I’m not every day, looking at my budget/spending, what bills I have coming before I get paid next, etc., it makes it so easy to get out of control.
I alwaysgave away baby and kidclothes of youngest child and got some in return for them. My clothes have dressed at least 14 kiddos!!! At school there always was a big clothesexchange and moms and dads did the same. It was awesome to revive memories seeing another little or big person wearing previously loved clothes. We even "reserved" clothes by asking someone wearing an item we loved to think about giving or exchanging it wit them if ever we were getting rid of it.
And when at long last an item wasn't wearable anymore it got recycled into bunting and other schoolfeast decorations and arts and craft classroomactivities.
I make around 130K after tax. I spend only 30k and save 100k yearly for my early retirement.
As a single male, I don't need a big house and a 60K car. 30K is more than enough for me.
This man was about to only eat delivery food every night if Dave didn't step in to correct the misunderstanding.
🤣🤣🤣
I feel like such a fully functional adult listening to this show
Same
Me...2
Great advise
Same. Whew. Lol
😂😂😂 Yeeesss it’s insane!
There is something he isn’t telling Dave
Situations like this I wonder how much is spent on alcohol. People never seem to count that
Dave's face at 3:12 is hilarious 😂
Dave's face is hilarious throughout most of this lol
Go to college so you can have $30k in debt so you can work full time making $52k so you can send $1200 a month to daycare. Women need to wake the heck up. We’ve been lied to.
Betty you made a good point...😊
that's life, life require spending $$. can you guarantee she can still find a 52k job if she doesn't go to college? she won't need to spend 1200/mo if she has no kids, it's a choice that she makes, no one is making her do it.
Rachel expression... "No he didn't" 😮
I'm floored at how bad some people are with money.
I got a whopper of a story that tops them all.
I'm sorry to say that I discovered a lot of other adults are still financially illiterate or purposely refuse to actually know where the money is going by writing it down. By the time they grow up and wake up they are 30 or even 40.
One thing I hate is when people hide (or some cases, they don't see) what they're spending their money on
It sounds like he is not good with math and the wife is out having fun with the money. Don't know who Is fooling who!
I can relate to this. They are working and have a young child. New parents. It gets overwhelming. They caught it early enough and will start to feel better soon! ❤
I love Rachel's expressions starting at 5:21 . Adorable.
lol deliver uber eats.. dont order.. cracked me up!
I love when Dave said hypothetically that if he paid them $10,000 to develop a working budget and that they would have that done in an hour and a half. Motivation is relative. Be the adult. Budget. Develop a plan and execute. They clearly have the resources to punch through this.
It's for sure something missing here with his story about their finances
I agree with you.
You ignored him saying *300 a week in childcare*
They likely shop a lot and eat out a lot. 80 bucks a day in food is 2400 a month.
Put on the song "Seven Nation Army" on full blast on your way to work every morning and get pumped up to kill the debt! Stop spending and start living!
Love that song
Christmas and a flat tire shouldn’t be enough to break the bank when you make $100 K a year.
What’s going on here?
They must be shopping, drinking or eating out like crazy. They got $9k a month income and listed $3k a month in bills. Something doesn't add up.
There is a online gambling addiction size hole in their finances somewhere.
Drugs
@kingberry100 , or if they are eating out almost every meal.
Could easily spend $150/ day on that if they have no self-control.🤔
I wouldn't doubt if someone has a bad coke habbit, though.
BTW if the wife isn't on board, this is all for naught.
Eeeh $300 a week on childcare would destroy most families. Ain't nothing cheap or affordable about that. That's why I get disgusted when people talk about how being a SAHM 'isn't work'. To that foolishness I say: 'Okay then. Pay for it. Hire a woman and pay her. Now let's see what's 'not work'.
IMO, $1200 a month on childcare is what's causing this.
@@sarahs.8514 This has nothing to do with what I stated. It doesn't address nor refute anything I wrote.
It's a lot, but not if you crunch the numbers based on their income of about $6k a month. They should have a good $1200 left (at least).
Rachel was holding back that laugh in the beginning 😂
Actually she was fanning a fart to smell it. They had lettice wraps that day in the cafeteria
I think this caller is the norm rather than the rarity.
I make similar money, and with $900 in car payments and $2200 in mortgage payments plus all the regular bills, I put over $1k in savings every month. These people must be spending like crazy people on everything they could possible buy.
I’m guessing he’s spending his 60k and she’s spending all of her 52k and that’s life.
@@grantv2313 Yes, I'd be willing to bet they each pick up a ton of lunches and coffees on the go along with eating out at least a few times a week. That could quickly become a couple grand a month.
$900 car payment??! The most I ever paid was $168 a month for a car payment.
@@ErichH68 what year was that in? $168/month is only financing about $8000.
@@dougf9900 2010
This reminds me of my life when I was married 17 years ago. Finances killed our marriage. I found Ramsey and she's still just like this. I'm now in bs7 and an EDM and she's still over drafting her accounts. I'm happy and she's miserable, this plan works.
Unfortunately , most women are bad with money. It's sounds bad but it's true since they are more emotional
Dang Dave yelled at me with this one. Next month will take a 180 for sure
Don’t be like the people who say, next week I will start working out. Start now.
You can do this. Just forget what others think and follow the steps.
People just don't break it down, a lot of people pay more for Cable, internet, cell phones and other recurring subscriptions then they realize, and it kills their budget! because they don't have a budget.
Then you add all of the Amazon and DoorDash they use.
Yup. If they write it out, they'll likely find places that can be eliminated in order to put the budget back in green.
Ever wonder why they made it so easy to spend your way into debt only struggle twice as hard to get out?
15000 a year is going to child care of her pay, might be cheaper for her to go part time in evenings while he is home to babysit
It’s not called babysitting when it’s your own kid, but yes I agree they might consider working opposite shifts so they don’t need to pay for childcare.
Hahaha you’re the problem, you’re the problem! Lol 😂 did he say this is awesome? I guess some people just need Dave to yell them into shape. I get it. You can definitely do it. Good luck sir.
Looking at Dave and the expression on his face when the caller said they make over 110k a year and he has about 11k in auto loans was funny. The wife buys Starbucks before and after work and ubereats for lunch and dinner. When I was typing ubereats the cohost said about doing ubereats. Then Dave chimes in about not getting ubereats delivering it. People don't realize how eating out all the time adds up. Dave knows what the problem is. Not cooking at home.
At my son’s high school they teach Dave Ramsey and budgeting. It should be mandatory at schools. If you want kids to succeed and not be broke, you need to teach them.
The reason they don’t teach this is because saving money doesn’t make good consumers.
I found Dave Ramsey over 10 years ago with $125k student loans on my back. If I didn’t take things seriously, I would probably still be making payments.
The plan works. You just have to behave yourself.
Incredible ❤❤❤❤
I work with someone who spent $17 a day on 2 iced coffees and a pack of cigarettes. I figured that over a year, she spent $6500. She could have doubled her mortgage for what she was spending on throwaway items.
I’m always amazed at the number of people that eat lunch out everyday rather than pack a lunch Maybe its because I was a teacher and had to bring lunch (or eat school lunch - ick!).
Well, he started by saying he's going to sell a vehicle. That's an encouraging sign
Just because they don't owe much on the cars doesn't mean the notes aren't high.
True. They only have $10k left, but we don't know where it started. Still, I don't think it explains the amount of money that should be left in the budget.
These segments are so valuable and encouraging! Thanks
These people dont have a clue where their money is going
Your stage of life is rough. Every little thing adds up. Its getting on the same page and deciding what you "need" first and doing without everything else. Market place for the tire. Call scrap yards they want to give them away. Stop getting things from the box store. Ive been through your stage. Its a tough one. Still have fun though. I love to ride motorcycles and yet spending money is still not fun to me. You have all these little payments that add up and are keeping you working extra. Be an animal about money for a little bit and you'll get stronger out the other side. Show and have appreciation for your wife and kids.
With a lot of people who are broke, it's not necessarily big expenses like an extravagant car purchase or even a house doing that. His major expense costs seem very reasonable and even on the frugal side. Their house payment is barely 10% of their income, which is nothing. It's all the nickel and dime stuff - constant ATM withdrawals for cash. Eating out constantly, even for lunch every day vs. bringing it to work. Starbucks. Cigarettes. Booze and hanging out in bars. Entertainment and waste over BS you can't even remember, and items you don't even account for. Gail Vaz on the Canadian show "Till debt do us part" always used to itemize their cash ATM withdrawals and miscellaneous daily charges, and the numbers were always astounding.
I still don't understand where their money is going...
He sounds like an "I can make the payments" guy. All he needs to do is put his expenses in a spread sheet and organize his mess.
3:50 "half million, million dollar house" i wish you could see what that buys you here in sydney australia...probably a shack with no bathrooms
What scares me is that they make more than most people and they can’t figure out how to pay the bills !🤦♀️ and they vote…….😅
I had a buddy that delivered pizza. At the end of the night he'd bring home pizza that people didn't pay for in the trunk of his car.
He was so sick of eating pizza everyday that he started passing them out in the homeless community
When you take a debt you take a debt. That means you must pay. If you do not pay I see as stealing money. Do not borrow if you cannot pay. Do not borrow on what you "plan on making" that is not going to work
It's the 300 a week child care. AND no budget
"The good news is, you're the problem, the bad news is you're the problem."
The solution is, sell yourself and get rid of you, and eat ramen noodles.
If he actually made 112k a year he would be more than able to afford all of the things he has period
It sounds like he can afford them, but he's disorganized.
There is about a $4000 hole in this budget somewhere we aren’t hearing.
@@adamseidel9780 that’s what I’m sayin… does he gamble, smoke, or drink away 4K a month🫠
@@war8036 could be him, her, or them. Could be an addictive vice or just nonstop restaurants and things for the house.
Exactly. Either they are overspending on food or shopping, or he’s not being truthful about the amount of debt that they have, or there is some sort of addiction going on. Because it’s not adding up at all
they need to learn how to "act your wage"
One thing I thought I heard is that the hospital bill came directly out of the guy's bank account, which caused an overdraft; he probably needs to stop those automatic payments. He can probably pay online without it being an automatic payment.
I ordered delivery for the first time in a year the other night and now I remember why. Over priced burger cold oversalted fries served warm and lied about the price by 20%
I felt like an idiot takeout is always a ripoff and once you accept it , you're screwed .
Get on a budget! You can clean this up in less than 12 months :-). Live poor for 12 months and this thing will be turned around. It is worth it Cole!!
I love listening to the Ramsey show. I can honestly say that I've never had issues with money. I worked, had decent money. I even got very ill and lost my job and had no income for 2 years and had to pay up to 85K for treatment and I could still do it with my reserve fund.
Now I'm on disability and I have a decent part time job. I make the same amount that I did when I worked full time.
I lived alone when I was younger and I always lived well, shopped, ate out, took trips.
I really have never had to stress about money. Unlike my bf who never has enough money ever in the 10 years I've known him.
I believe you get trained watching your parents and fortunately we had good parental role models with money.
Caller: It will hurt my credit if I don't pay my credit card
Dave: You don't need credit, you are not really good with it 😂
Why are they telling them to get an extra job... They don't have an income problem! Their side hustle will be a drop in the bucket in comparison to how much they make from their normal jobs
They'd prefer them to pay off the loans quickly and get onto a new baby step. Their income is fine for paying minimums on all of the debts they have, but to pay off thousands quickly, an extra job would help a lot.
My sister is disorganized too . Makes 45,000 . But Amazon lives at her house . Buys small cuts of meat at 17.99 per pound but the small amount cubed cuts cost only 4.64 . Not understanding she can buy large and meal prep . The amount of money she spends on small items is costing her money . I have tried to explain but have stopped . An outsider has to help . As a sister she gives me the bulldog face and stomps away . She lives in the dollar store .
He’s young but I believe he can totally do this and enjoy life without this mental burden, that’s got to be the worst! I hope he knows life is worth living but cutting back will make him feel good. All the best to this young couple.
How has this guy have no idea where this money is going. He could be debt free in 1 year minus the house yet he thinks selling a $6k car will get him debt free
Question for people, why do so many people have trouble with hospital bills? They can’t even collect it from my experience.
I have a kid and I never even paid their birth bill. She’s 5 now and they’ve never called me for it
Depends on the hospital network. Some will chase after you aggressively, others (mostly non-profits) will sell the debt to a collection agency but will chose to not report to credit bureau so it would never show up. However, It is in your best interest to pay your medical bills. Stealing services from hospitals is not cool.
I used to smoke, a lot. Now when I see someone smoking hit hurts my esophogas to watch someone take that drag. Listening to calls like this hurts my wallet in the same way.
with a 110k income and such crazy low living and housing expenses and such crazy low car payments where is the money going?? There has got to be a drug or gambling problem eating at the money or they are just spending many thousands a month on eating out. Probably eating out for lunch and take out dinner everything night.
Shopping addiction
I pay 1300 in child support and have bills that range to 4200 a month and still manage to put money in savings lol the hells wrong with these people