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Debt Isn't The Problem - Your Mindset Is

24 Mar 2025

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πŸ“ˆ Are you on track with the Baby Steps? Get a Free Personalized Plan βœ… Help us make the show better by taking this short survey! While the show hosts are on the Ramsey Cruise for the week, we've compiled some of our favorite Dave and Jade calls from 2024. Enjoy your week and we'll be back with a live show soon! Dave Ramsey & Jade Warshaw answer your questions and discuss: β€˜Son asked me to bail him out of $200K tax debt’ 'Is it dumb to take out a business loan?’ β€˜We've lost a ton of money with no end in sight’ β€˜Do cost-of-living raises cause more inflation?' β€˜I owe the IRS $100K with my ex-husband’ 'Is it wrong to build wealth?' Support Our Sponsors: 🌱 Get 10% off your first month of BetterHelp πŸ₯ Learn more about Christian Healthcare Ministries 🏑 Get started today with Churchill Mortgage πŸ”’ Get 20% off when you join DeleteMe 🏦 Go to FAIRWINDS Credit Union for an exclusive account bundle! πŸ₯— Save 15% on your first Field of Greens order with code RAMSEY ⛨ Find top Health Insurance Plans at Health Trust Financial πŸ’Έ To find out more about student loan refinancing, check out Laurel Road πŸ’» Visit NetSuite today to learn more πŸ—‚οΈ Use promo code RAMSEY for 18% off at The Nokbox πŸŽ₯ Get your tickets for The Chosen Season 5! πŸ’΅ Learn more about Timothy Plan πŸ› Get started with YRefy or call 844-2-RAMSEY πŸ” Visit Zander Insurance for your free instant quote today! Next Steps πŸ“± Watch the full episode for free in the Ramsey Network app. πŸ“ž Have a question for the show? Call 888-825-5225 Weekdays from 2-5pm ET or click here! πŸ’΅ Start your free budget today. Download the EveryDollar app! 🎟️ See Dave Ramsey and Dr. John Delony LIVE in a city near you. πŸ›’ Preorder Build a Business You Love Now at Ramsey Solutions πŸ€“ File your taxes with 100% accurate software that’s 20% of the price. Listen to more from Ramsey Network πŸŽ™οΈ The Ramsey Show Β  πŸ’Έ The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour πŸ’‘ The Rachel Cruze Show πŸ’° George Kamel πŸͺ‘ Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman πŸ“ˆ EntreLeadership Learn more about your ad choices.Β https://www.megaphone.fm/adchoices Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0.049 - 13.08 James

Hey guys, it's James Childs, producer of The Ramsey Show. This week, Dave and the personalities are living it up on the Ramsey Cruise, so we've put together a compilation of some of our favorite calls and segments from the last year. Regular shows are back next week. Hope you enjoy!

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40.618 - 64.908 Dave Ramsey

Live from the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, it's the Ramsey Show, where we help people build wealth, do work that they love, and create actual amazing relationships. Jade Warshaw, Ramsey personality, is my co-host today. I'm Dave Ramsey. The phone number is 888-825-5225. Jeff's in Indianapolis. Hi, Jeff. Welcome to the Ramsey Show.

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66.068 - 67.489 Jeff

Hi, Dave. Pleasure to talk with you.

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67.689 - 68.529 Dave Ramsey

You too. What's up?

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69.73 - 91.828 Jeff

my wife and I are in our early seventies. Uh, my son lives about a mile from us. He's in his early forties. He relocated back here to Indiana from California about 11 years ago from LA where he was working in a music business. And, uh, he was going to take over my insurance agency a few years, uh, retired about nine years ago. So he did take that over. Um,

92.654 - 111.145 Jeff

He got into tax problems when he was in California because he was working for a music composer that actually treated him as an employee but paid him as an independent contractor, so he didn't know anything about paying taxes. Got behind with the state and the IRS. Ended up owing them $30,000 or $40,000, I think.

111.625 - 128.898 Jeff

We helped him work out a structured repayment plan as a condition to him coming back and getting into insurance, and that's been paid through wage garnishments since then. I discussed with him before he came back the need to stay on top of his taxes and finances because he's never been good with money.

130.038 - 152.52 Jeff

During that period of time, many times I'd ask him if he was on this and he'd just blow up and wouldn't talk to me about it. Three months ago he called us and told us that he was in tax debt to the IRS again and wanted his mom and I to bail him out basically using our share of our estate when we die. We thought he probably owed about $50,000 or $60,000.

154.321 - 174.437 Jeff

Turns out he hasn't filed any state or federal tax returns for the past four years, nor has he paid any estimated taxes for 2023. We're meeting with our accountant next Thursday to go over all this to get specific numbers, but I'm guessing from what I've seen, it's going to be over $200,000, and about half of that is just interest and penalties.

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