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The Ramsey Show Highlights

She's 60 with No Retirement

The Ramsey Show Highlights

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Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:06.8

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0:08.5

I've been trying to help my mom get out of debt for three years, and she's retiring in three years as well, or she wants to,

0:16.7

but I can't get her to become gazelle intense.

0:19.3

Okay.

0:20.1

She's broke and staring down the barrel of retiring broke, but won't fix it.

0:25.7

Why?

0:28.3

I have no clue.

0:30.1

I've asked and I've prodded and I've tried to get her to see how scary it could be retiring if nothing but how old are you I'm 25

0:41.8

how old is she turning 60 this year well she's not gonna retire at 63 because she's

0:49.0

not gonna have any money yeah she thinks she has a pension plan but that's it, I've already looked and I've been helping her with her finances and I don't see it working for her for covering all her expenses and still her debt.

1:03.7

How much debt does she have?

1:06.4

Currently, 40,000 total.

1:08.7

Okay, what's it in?

1:11.0

20,000 in student loans, 16,000 in personal loans from credit cards, and then 4,000 in a remaining

1:19.0

credit card.

1:19.9

Okay.

1:20.3

Did she go to school?

1:21.4

The student loans, is that hers, or was it a parent plus loan?

1:24.4

She was going to school, but she didn't finish her last class, and so these are just the

1:30.0

remaining student loans from her own degree. Okay. So when you sit and say, Mom, this is serious,

1:38.4

if you don't fix this, you're going to be up a creek without a paddle. What does she say?

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