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The Ramsey Show · August 27, 2026 · 2h 8m

Increase Your Income, Expand Your Options

Dave Ramsey and Dr. John Delony take calls on career risk, runaway construction costs, and whether to go back to school later in life. The central thread is that increasing income—through a side job, a career move, or finishing a degree—creates the margin needed to get out of debt and build wealth. They push callers to confront hard math on home builds, to cashflow education instead of borrowing, and to see a bad credit score as a symptom of deeper money problems, not a reason to move.

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Secure job vs. higher-paying risk
A caller with a stable job considers leaving for a higher-paying but riskier sales role, and the hosts advise evaluating whether the income jump is large enough to justify the loss of security.
House build estimate over budget
A caller's home build estimate came in far above what they planned, and the hosts walk them through the hard options: cut scope, increase income, or walk away.

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