Make It Make Sense: Calling Out Money Double Standards

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

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4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 27 March 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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0:00.0	Today we are calling out some financial double standards.
0:09.3	It's like a $2,000 furniture piece.
0:12.4	One of these moments in life that you're like, it doesn't make sense.
0:14.8	If you want money and want to win with money,
0:17.4	is it because you want safety or is it so that you can live like a saddest life?
0:26.5	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
0:28.4	I'm George Camel.
0:30.1	And this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:39.3	Well, this is this show.
0:42.8	We're two friends who happen to be money experts talk about what you're talking about.
0:45.5	So everything from pop culture, current events, and to money.
0:50.7	We're sipping on the illustrious citrus, cardamom, coffee, spritzer, mocktail.
0:54.1	So many words for a drink that should be in prison.
1:00.3	We will give you our rating, which, spoiler, not going to be good,
1:06.3	and reveal the cost per glass at the end of the episode. So stick around. You're going to want to be here for this sentencing.
1:19.5	That's right. Good. Okay. So, George, you know, we talk about personal finance for a living, and we really try not to be judgmental because we get people from all different situations and stories and, you know, it's a whole thing.
1:21.9	And so we do try to be curious, right?
1:23.3	As Ted Lasso would say.
1:24.8	Be curious, not judgmental.
1:27.0	Which I think was a Walt Whitman quote originally.
1:31.1	You're telling me that Jason Sadecas didn't come up with that on the spot.
1:33.9	I think he actually quoted Walt Whitman in the episode.
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