Happy Independence Day, Stackers! While fireworks boom and flags wave, we're lighting a spark under your financial life. This episode isn’t about tea in harbors—it’s about burning down debt, revolting against lifestyle creep, and rallying your family for a better money future. Joining Joe and Doug in the basement for this full-on financial insurrection: Dorethia Kelly, TikTok titan and money coach, shares how she raised her financial flag as a single mom and became a force for smart money choices. Jesse Cramer of the Personal Finance for Long-Term Investors podcast ditches tired spending habits and charts a course for independence through intentional investing and budgeting. Steve Stewart, longtime SB editor and podcasting Yoda, reveals the pivotal Jeep moment that changed his financial course—and why he's racing OG to mortgage freedom. 🎙️ In this basement-based revolution, you'll hear: The financial “tea party” moments that woke our guests up to their money mess How to declare independence from credit cards, lifestyle creep, and sneaky “Buy Now, Pay Later” traps Tools, mindsets, and support systems that help you keep your financial revolution alive Why tax planning is the financial Boston Tea Party nobody's talking about The trivia showdown no revolutionary should miss: How many grains of silver made a dollar in 1792? (Spoiler: Jesse knows his colonial coinage.) And in the aftershow? We ask the deep questions our Founding Fathers never saw coming, like: why is gambling debt dischargeable in bankruptcy, but student loans aren't? FULL SHOW NOTES: https://stackingbenjamins.com/financial-independence-day-2025-1704 Deeper dives with curated links, topics, and discussions are in our newsletter, The 201, available at https://www.StackingBenjamins.com/201 Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices