Does anyone else get annoyed with Dave Ramsey?

[newstudent]

I have followed the conversation with great interest.

Isn't it almost comparable to religion?
The message is good but the ones who deliver it have their flaws and problems but it does not make the message any less in worth.

[Ptgirl]

I heard that part that was a slam to the renter. I just figured it was an off the cuff remark & that thing DR says
about a free call is what its worth-but you are right not very nice.

I do like the show because people of all sorts of people call, from the ones who cant balance their checkbook to the widow,
worth a million, wanting to know if it's ok to spend a little.

I did by the TMMO book, but since wont spend a dime on his stuff
since I figured the plan is still the same. Besides I think I am the
frugulist (sp.?) person I know right now !

I listen to DR @ work,, funny but I turn down the debt free screams, cuz I figure at work people just wont get it !
They dont even pack their lunch to save $$$. Oh well !

I have never heard of Howard Clark, will have to check it out.

[nkochrn]

I've thought he seemed a little harsh lately too! I think he seems a little arrogant.

ptgirl-I turn down the debt free screams at work too, even though I'm listening with headphones. lol

I'm gonna check out Howard Clark too!

[nodmicks]

I heard a rant by him a while back that actually had me shut his show off for good. He had had several callers with huge student loans and not good jobs. HE went on forever!!! I was ok with the rant on the pricey education you could do nothing with until he blamed the parents. I'm sorry but as a parent of and 18 year old they are legal adults with minds of their own! I am not responsible for my 18 year olds choices and neither are other parents. YOU can advise them but 18 year olds are many times very stubborn and think their parents are dumber than rocks! You cant force your 18 year old to do anything.

[Happyfamily2000]

I heard a rant by him a while back that actually had me shut his show off for good. He had had several callers with huge student loans and not good jobs. HE went on forever!!! I was ok with the rant on the pricey education you could do nothing with until he blamed the parents. I'm sorry but as a parent of and 18 year old they are legal adults with minds of their own! I am not responsible for my 18 year olds choices and neither are other parents. YOU can advise them but 18 year olds are many times very stubborn and think their parents are dumber than rocks! You cant force your 18 year old to do anything.

I did not listen to the show.

But most often the parents are the ones that advise the student to take on ridiculous loans.

And mom and dad are typically needed on that FAFSA.

It has been years since I went to college, so my memory is foggy. But I do know that I was required to have my mom's tax returns every year. While it wasn't necessary to have her consent, that was implied consent when she did surrender the documents I needed to acquire the loans.

The kid may be a legal adult, but they pretty much aren't getting much of any kind of cash via scholarship or loan through the schools and federal government without mommy and daddy.

So while you cannot force them to not do something, in Dave's mind, you are well within your power to not be complicit with that something.




On a different note, I have been enjoying Clark Howard and Suze Orman. I do miss Dave's show, but appreciate his FPU videos a bit better. He isn't angry in them, which is nice. The only thing I dislike about Clark Howard isn't him, but my cable company. They still the last 5 minutes of each half hour to broadcast a local show that showcases local "stuff". I wish they would pick a different show to interrupt.

My husband does not like Suze because sometimes she comes across as educating people on how to abdicate their responsibilities. In particular, her advice for folks on short sales/foreclosures as current tax incentives that do not tax on the "gains" from these transactions are concluding soon. It bugs him to no end.