Are You Really Stuck In 'The Middle Class?!' - Dave Ramsey Rant

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[Uhhlaneuh]

this rant in one sentence:

Live within your means

[GS._Mart]

Only reason why Dave gets too much hate is because truth hurts.

Thank you for sharing your wisdom Dave.

[GamerNRetro]

Your wage may be stagnant but you know what is not? Your consumption. I like that.

[jessg]

I'm 32 and I will be seeing my first beach/ocean this May. A condo on the beach for a week because I'm debt free.

[christianlady]

I’m in Ghana 🇬🇭 and I discovered you recently and my life is getting better. Here we buy almost everything with cash. You don’t have money, you don’t buy. Simple

[thewhiteknight]

Dave
You would be proud of me. I’m from the Northeast and got sick n tired of saving 300.00 bucks a month as a local trucker. Paying these crazy rents, not for me.
With No kids, No wife, No bills, No obligations... I got myself a storage unit 17 months ago. I set a goal and this August I passed it and will continue to do what I do. I’m now an Over The Road trucker living in the truck. Using the truck as my home. I save 1K+ a week every week. To date I saved 104K in cash (to me that’s a huge accomplishment) and put a mint condition 2004 Tacoma in my storage unit with 19, 000 miles on it.

I’m only a high school graduate but I also know what the word “sacrifice” means.
Thanks for all you do!

I did lose the cheating gf over this but there’s always a price to pay.

[ludens]

It’s hard for people to imagine life without debt. It’s so sad

[reallifedisneyprincess]

Back then there was no social media. Now people see others living these fake perfect lives on Instagram so they feel like they need to get into more and more debt to keep up and buy that same "happiness" they see online.
It's truly sickening. Thanks for your common sense, Dave.

[dvran]

I remember when my mom would yell at me to get off of AOL so she could use the phone; THE phone, not phones! Lol

[hungryman]

Dave said what should have been said a long time ago. Look around people you're neighbors aren't rich, they are dirt poor from pretending to be rich.

[DanielIles]

People create false limitations for themselves and blame others for feeling “stuck”

[PinkMaeve]

BAM!! The best advice I ever got was from Grandma.She told me that if I wanted to be a full time homemaker I would need to live like a 1950's housewife! We did it and made it...saved money as well!

[tomj]

Yet again, Dave nails it! My wife and I have always lived like we're in the 1960's middle class and it's a life of abundance. Wonderful home cooked meals from scratch, endless home entertainment with nothing but an antenna (29 great channels) and a library card, good looking and reliable vehicles bought with cash and driven for at least a decade and all the vacations we care to take by driving and fishing. Incidentally, we only go out for lunch and it's $15-$18 total for the 2 of us at local restaurants with great food. We only go out about 4 times/month as we love our home cooking so much. If you want to see something funny, take your homemade dinner leftovers to work the next day and heat them up. Everyone will want to know what smells so good and where you got it from. All I see are more ways to save money and make our lives better everywhere I look. We just paid off our mortgage on our 1120 sq ft ranch home that we built ourselves and now our annual expenses drop to less than $25, 000/year with no need or want to spend more as we have a really nice lifestyle and we want for nothing. Needless to say, our former mortgage money is going to join the rest of our savings/investments as we continue our fantastic financial and tax plans. This is the real "good life" and it's available to all.

[ivanroque]

I dislike middle class people acting like they are rich. Stop it with the LV, Gucci, and Balenciaga. Just stop.

[mannyjeanpierre]

It's something that I had to see within myself and those around me. We complain about always being broke but we live like rockstars nowadays. AC, Heating, vacations, flights around the world, eating out every other day, luxury cars, new clothes that are barely ever worn, 1000 dollar phones, tablets, laptops and desktop pc's, DLSR camera made for professional photographers, parties for every occasion every single month, constant spending with no extra work on the weekends, borrowing money to buy things we dont need with money we dont have and we complain about being broke. It's ridiculous how much we spend smh.

[rocketdogticker]

My 16yo over heard this and asked "what is this Boomer rant"

I died.

[chrisose]

I bet Egyptians from 4, 000 years ago are calling Dave Ramsey’s middle class lifestyle “a life of the Gods”

[jzplayinggame]

Growing up, I lived with my parents in a 2br apartment for 800 a month. We had cockroaches all over the place. Slowly they built wealth, and have a single family in the burbs with the mortgage nearly paid
My parents drove a beat up manual window VW that had faded red paint. Now my mom has a nice lexus but is thinking of a toyota for the next one to pay all cash
My parents set a college fund and my in state tuition was paid for by the time i graduated. My four year degree translated to 150k a year finance job at age 30.
Vacations? Parks, lot of picnics, one trip to disney world and one to cancun. Nothing fancy.
Now I carry on my parents legacy.

Dad, you left us far too soon. But your wisdom and love will stay with me my whole life.

[hayleymyles]

Dave Ramsey on a a rant lol...it's the world of social media...people wanting to look the part with easy credit but behind closed doors they are a out more credit to upkeep the life style as heavens forbid what would the neighbours think if we don't upgrade our car...LOVE DAVE RAMSEY...BRILLIANT TEACHER X

[ozarked]

Don't forget dropping $6 every morning on Starbucks coffee because you're too lazy to make it yourself at home.