Everyone screams "MILLIONAIRES SHOULD PAY THIER FAIR SHARE"... but look at what actually happens.
A $200k earner pays roughly $50,000 in federal taxes annually.
A $35k earner pays about $2,500.
It takes 20 workers making $35k to equal what one person earning $200k contributes.
So why are we pushing top earners to leave the country when they already fund the majority?
The real issue isn't insufficient tax collection.
The real issue is government spending $2 trillion on programs nobody can audit.
Stop attacking earners.
Start demanding accountability from politicians who waste it all.
Caller : “I sold my house and paid off my debt. But I’m 59 with nothing saved.”
Dave Ramsey: “Retiring with zero money and a nice paid-for house is not a plan.”
Mary: “But I need housing security.”
Dave: “Buy a $200,000 home outright. Pay off your car. Invest the rest.”
Caller: “How long until retirement?”
Dave: “You’ve not saved a dime in 59 years. You got some proving to do to yourself. Get to $500,000 in the next decade.”
$518,000 house. $290,000 left. $0 retirement savings.
She made the right move selling. But now she has to prove she can actually save.
The hardest part wasn’t selling the house.
The hardest part is still ahead: building from zero while the clock runs out.