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The Ramsey Show Highlights

You Make $160,000 And You're Broke!

The Ramsey Show Highlights

Ramsey Network

Self-improvement, Education, Investing, Business

4.6682 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:04.3

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0:06.6

So basically my issue is I am trying to figure out how we can budget our finances

0:15.3

because my husband is a blue-collar worker on a commission-based pay scale.

0:21.7

And we don't have consistent income per year.

0:28.0

But last year, he made $161,000.

0:30.7

The year before that, he made $140,000.

0:33.2

And the year before that, he made $180,000.

0:35.7

So I would say an average of $160,000 over the last three years.

0:41.0

Right.

0:42.0

And we're looking into doing the baby steps and snowballing all of this fun stuff.

0:47.4

But right now, currently with our mortgage at $4,120, we also have a consolidation loan. Health insurance is $900 a month because through

0:59.2

his work it's $1,300. And the credit card debt totals $127,000. Goodness gracious. What'd you guys

1:09.2

spend on these cards? Well, it's been a combination of, like, I don't hurt me, but I put my husband's motorcycle

1:20.0

on my card because we were trying to get the points.

1:22.9

I know that's the worst answer you could possibly want to hear but um so that's 18,000 um and we have

1:32.3

just multiple bills. Um, he has $72,000 in credit card debt and I have, um, not including

1:41.4

that motorcycle with like $34,000. Um, it's like $34,000.

1:46.3

I put groceries on it.

1:48.6

I've put property taxes on it because our personal property tax.

1:51.8

So where is your actual income going if you're using the card to fund your life?

1:55.9

You guys make great money.

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