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The Ramsey Show Highlights

"You Signed Up For Some Of The Worst Debt Possible"

The Ramsey Show Highlights

Ramsey Network

Investing, Self-improvement, Education, Business

4.5840 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 10 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:06.0

I currently have $2,000 in debt, me and my wife, that's her credit card debt.

0:14.0

I also have, that one's at a 17% interest rate. I also have 3,053-ish at a 30% interest rate on one of my credit cards,

0:25.5

and then $1,200 on another credit card at zero percentage rate, and $2,800 in collections

0:36.4

currently.

0:43.0

And I also have my watch car, which owes $10,000.

0:48.3

And we currently are at 27% of which rate.

0:51.2

And I have $8,100 cash.

0:52.6

And I want to know. What, what, you have?

0:53.3

How much cash?

0:55.1

8,800.

0:56.7

Wow.

0:57.4

Okay.

0:58.4

All right.

0:59.2

So I don't know what I should do with it.

1:03.3

Rather pay off the car because then I could pay it off within a month.

1:07.4

And we've been making payments on us for three years now.

1:10.4

And we already

1:11.2

gave 8,000 towards the original $13,000 debt towards it so I kind of just want to get rid of it

1:17.2

that way I don't have those extra $500 I could put towards my savings and then pay off the

1:23.6

other debt so um how old are you guys I'm 20 and my wife's 21 wow okay

1:30.8

and what's your what's your household income sir um right now my take home

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