Dave Ramsey's Thoughts On Being Able To Venmo The Government To Help Pay Down The National Debt
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🗓️ 6 October 2025
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| 0:00.0 | brought to you by the every dollar app start budgeting for free today today's question comes from |
| 0:07.8 | carlos in texas and he gives us some context from a newsweek article that i'll read first and then his |
| 0:13.9 | question the federal government will accept venmo payments from citizens who want to help pay off |
| 0:20.0 | the national debt. |
| 0:21.5 | The Treasury has begun accepting Venmo transactions as contributions toward the national debt, |
| 0:26.6 | which currently stands at $36 trillion. |
| 0:32.1 | I made it through that, James, without laughing. |
| 0:35.0 | But now Carlos' question based on this excerpt, what is your |
| 0:39.2 | opinion on the new option of being able to voluntarily Venmo the U.S. government to help pay down |
| 0:47.6 | the national debt? Well, my opinion is, comes from one of my favorite movies where Anthony Hopkins plays this old man who's had a stroke. |
| 0:57.9 | And now it hits, I said it's one of my favorite movies. |
| 1:00.2 | What is that movie where Brad Pitt's in it and he's the old and they're coming for his land? |
| 1:06.0 | Somebody bail me out, James. |
| 1:07.7 | What is that movie now? |
| 1:08.9 | Legends of the Fall. |
| 1:09.6 | Legends of the Fall. |
| 1:10.8 | And they come over and his son comes up to old Anthony Hopkins who suffered a stroke and he has a chalkboard around his neck. |
| 1:16.6 | That's how he communicates with his family. And they say, Dad, they're offered us land. The government's offering us money for our land. And he says, his mouth is all crooked. And he leans in. He says, screw. |
| 1:25.7 | Scrum! Scrum! That's my answer. That's my answer. |
| 1:33.5 | Are you kidding me? The government came up with this idea that we're going to Venmo my money, |
| 1:38.9 | when they already taxed me too much, Dave, my blood pressure is unhealthy. It's not good for you. |
| 1:43.2 | Take the ball away from me. This is bad for you, Ken. I can tell. It's not good for you. Take the ball away from me. |
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