Why Fewer People Are Having Kids Today

Smart Money Happy Hour with Rachel Cruze and George Kamel

Ramsey Network

Business

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Does saying yes to babies mean saying no to wealth and retirement? Rachel and George talk about the major money fears stopping Millennials and Gen Zers from starting a family––including the estimated $310,605 price tag per child. 👶💰 In This Episode: · Smart Money Happy Hour’s new favorite girl dad · How less babies running around eventually means higher taxes for all of us · The bizarre pet George co-owned with an ex-girlfriend Helpful Resources: · Be entered to win a $100 Visa gift card when you take our listener survey! Click here to let us know what you think. · Do you have a Guilty As Charged question for Rachel and George? Send a DM to @rachelcruze or @georgekamel on Instagram! Be sure to type “GUILTY?” at the top of your message so we don’t miss it. · Get your finances organized, make a plan, build up your confidence, and kick money stress out of your life for good with the EveryDollar budgeting app. Go to everydollar.com/smart to get started today! · Learn more about your ad choices. https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices · Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy This Week’s Happy Hour Special: The Mom-to-Be Margarita Mocktail · 1 ounce fresh lime juice · 1/2 ounce fresh lemon juice · 1/4 teaspoon maple syrup · 1/8 teaspoon pickle juice · 3 ounces tonic water · Rock salt (optional) · Lime wedge (optional) Want a classic salty margarita rim? Start with a wedge of fresh lime. Swipe it along the rim of your glass. Turn the glass upside down and dip the rim into a plate of rock salt. Now, we drink! Grab your salted (or unsalted) glass. Add the lime juice, lemon juice, maple syrup and pickle juice. Give it a good stir. Add ice and top with tonic water. Enjoy!

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0:00.0	This episode is brought to you by the Budgeting app every dollar.
0:04.0	Hey guys, I'm Rachel Cruz.
0:11.0	I'm George Campbell.
0:12.0	And this is Smart Money Happy Hour.
0:18.0	Wow.
0:20.0	She tarp.
0:21.0	She crispy.
0:22.0	Not a lightning.
0:23.0	Whew.
0:24.0	Well, this is the show.
0:25.0	We're two friends who happen to be money experts talk about, which you're talking about.
0:29.0	Everything from pop culture, current events, and of course, your money.
0:33.0	And today we are talking about babies, babies, babies.
0:38.0	Justin Bebes love him so much.
0:41.0	I know.
0:42.0	I know how.
0:43.0	And real life.
0:44.0	We're talking about real life babies here.
0:46.0	How much they cost you, your friends who are attending a zillion showers and birthday parties.
0:50.0	And the big one, do babies delay or diminish your ability to build wealth?
0:56.0	Yes.
0:57.0	Controversial.
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