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The Ramsey Show

Credit Is a Crutch—It’s Time to Walk Without It

The Ramsey Show

Ramsey Network

Business, Education, Investing, Self-improvement

4.636.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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0:00.0

Brought to you by the Every Dollar app. Start budgeting for free today.

0:13.7

This is the Ramsey Show where America hangs out to have a conversation about their money, their profession, and their relationships.

0:21.1

AAA 8255-2-2-2-25 is the phone number.

0:25.0

Triple-8-8-25-5-2-2-5.

0:27.6

I'm Ken Coleman and super excited to be next to the fabulous Rachel Cruz, ladies and gentlemen.

0:34.6

You ready to go, partner?

0:35.6

Thank you, Ken.

0:36.3

You ready to roll?

0:37.3

I'm ready.

0:37.3

It's made a good show.

0:38.1

All right.

0:38.4

I think so too, and I think we might be starting out hot if the board is correct.

0:42.7

Darlene is on the line with a question in Chicago.

0:46.2

Darlene, how can we help?

0:48.5

I'm wondering if you can help me figure out how to get rid of a disease that my children have that's called brain

0:56.8

and butt syndrome.

0:58.2

My husband and I are retiring, and we are paying down debt, and we're within 180 days

1:05.8

of retiring and walking away from 50 years in education and our 25-year-old, 28-year-old, 31-year-old,

1:14.6

and 36-year-old think that we are called the bank. And I am tired of them wanting to know

1:20.6

if they could gladly pay me Tuesday for a hamburger today. I'm done and I want to divorce them.

1:28.9

How do I divorce them?

1:33.4

Wow. Well, are you the bank, Darlene? Have you been saying yes when they've been asking for this stuff? No, I am a poor little person with a bachelor's degree who've worked my hiny off for 45

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