• @ceenote
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    14023 days ago

    Dave Ramsey is a hack.

    • @Wicked4wesome
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      2023 days ago

      All you need to know about Dave Ramsey: i worked on his Jaguar XK.

      • @[email protected]
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        223 days ago

        Is that a particularly expensive jaguar? When I was car shopping I saw some jags for 20k or less so owning a Jag means absolutely nothing when it comes to wealth.

        • @[email protected]
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          823 days ago

          The trick is that it costs an absolute fortune to maintain them, that’s why they’re cheap used. I believe there Is a saying that goes something like “the only car more expensive than a luxury car is a used luxury car”

    • @Frozengyro
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      823 days ago

      He’s right for most people first beginning to improve their financial health. He has probably gotten more people out of debt than any other ‘guru’. If that’s a hack, so be it, it works.

      • @[email protected]
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        1023 days ago

        He once fired a pregnant employee because she wasn’t married and therefore must have had premarital sex. They’ve fired 9 people for pre marital sex. Wacky

    • @[email protected]
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      723 days ago

      Is he the idiot who demands you only pay for things in cash and store it in labeled envelopes?

      • @[email protected]
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        123 days ago

        Doesn’t that 1950s(?idk) advice kinda work for some people?

        “Demands” though that’s odd

    • @NewNewAccount
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      223 days ago

      Nah he’s alright. There is no nuance in his advice but for the majority of his listeners that’s probably a good thing.

      • @[email protected]
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        123 days ago

        Yeah he has some shit personally takes and I hate the way he runs his company. He does give pretty decent financial advice though

        • capital
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          1023 days ago

          No he doesn’t.

          I can give better advice in a similarly easy to consume manner, applicable to most.

          1. Invest in a low cost target date fund. Look at Vanguard target date funds for examples and pick a year close to your expected retirement date.

          2. Pay your highest interest debt before lower.

          Both of these pieces of advice make you more money than doing what Ramsay says and are equally easy to understand.

          • @Frozengyro
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            23 days ago

            Yes, but do people do it? No.

            Do people actually do what Ramsey suggests, even if it isn’t mathematically perfect? Yes.

            You’re under estimating the human factor.

    • @Cryophilia
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      -223 days ago

      Dave Ramsey has excellent financial advice for a certain type of person. I bet 90% of people reading this need Dave Ramsey style advice.