More Debt Always Equals More Risk

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 125 minutes

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0:00.0	Brought to you by the Every Dollar app.
0:07.0	Start budgeting for free today.
0:17.2	Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, it's the Ramsey Show.
0:22.7	We help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create actual amazing relationships.
0:31.7	Dr. John Deloney, Ramsey Personality, Ph.D. in counseling, host of the big hit on Ramsey Network, the Dr. John
0:38.7	Deloney Show, number one bestselling author.
0:40.3	He's my co-host today.
0:42.3	Open phones here at AAA 825-5-225.
0:46.3	Shauna is in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
0:48.7	Hi, Shauna.
0:49.2	How are you?
0:50.5	Good.
0:50.9	About yourself.
0:51.6	Better than I deserve.
0:52.7	What's up?
0:54.4	So I have my grandma.
0:56.3	She's 80 years old and 40 grand in debt or more.
1:01.8	Can't get approved to live anywhere and has dementia.
1:05.6	We're working on our own baby steps.
1:07.8	What should we do?
1:10.2	Can't get approved to live anywhere?
1:13.5	No, she's been scammed multiple times, and it has ruined her credit to where no one will
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