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Question: Dave talks about something that he finds very disturbing. It has to do with people's attitudes toward Washington, and what they think will come out of there.

Dave Ramsey's advice:
By and large, 70% to 90% of you wanted something to be done to calm the economy, but you didn't want $700 billion in new debt to bail out Wall Street. The stock market has had record declines since then. What's going on?

You need to remember that you need to take control of your life. It's disturbing that people in government totally disregard what the people tell them to do. It's disturbing that the market goes down and the media panics about this. It's disturbing that greedy banks made loans to people who couldn't afford to repay, and people signed up for the trip when they couldn't afford it. It's disturbing that Washington ignores its constituents and takes huge strides toward socialism.

All of these things are disturbing, but none will cause this great nation to cease to function. They are not the beginning of the end. But the most disturbing thing is some people's reactions. Don't react based on fear or panic. Another negative reaction is that you are looking to Washington to fix your problems. They have never fixed your problems, and you want Obama or McCain to fix things. There has never been a president who can fix your problems. They always say they can and they never can.

YOU are in charge of your destiny. YOU are in charge of your life. When you look to Washington to solve your problems, we've got the seeds to destroy this country. It's time for you to change your life. It's not Washington's job to fix what's going on with you. If you are waiting on Washington to change something, you've got a very long wait! It is YOUR job to take care of you. Don't sit around and watch TV and panic and think you can't do anything. I've made and lost money, and every bit of that had to do with me being smart and diligent or stupid.

Quit blaming Congress or looking to them to fix you. YOU have to fix you! When you wait on the government to fix your life and wait for money to be taken from others and given to you, that's a spirit of envy. The only system that works is capitalism functioning under moral restraint. Go be somebody!

Dave Ramsey Article "You Fix You"
 
I guess Dave Ramsey is right, we should quit blaming the Congress.

Mr. Ramsey is highly-regarded by many I personally know.
 
I agree... We cannot blame Congress. No pointing finger anymore?

Dave has knack of making valid point. We need to be in control of our destiny.
 
Good article. After my divorce I was left feeling very vulnerable, financially. And I still feel that way, but it gets better every day. I am working hard on cleaning up old debts and not accummulating any new debt -- I am taking the "you fix you" approach instead of looking for handouts. Again, good article :)
 
Good article. After my divorce I was left feeling very vulnerable, financially. And I still feel that way, but it gets better every day. I am working hard on cleaning up old debts and not accummulating any new debt -- I am taking the "you fix you" approach instead of looking for handouts. Again, good article :)

Good testimony! Please speak of your experiences because you never know who else is watching. You can help others.

Thanks for sharing.
 
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