Today I read an article by a financial "expert"
saying that people should not listen to Dave Ramsey and his financial advice
because people's lives are too complex and important to be boiled down into short
cookie cutter answers or platitudes. Unfortunately,
many other financial analysts have also had problems with his method of
advising people on how to be financially successful.
Dave Ramsey is probably known best for his stance on avoiding
debt. If you happen to be in debt, then
he wants you to get out of debt. Debt is
a shackle around your ankle. It keeps
you from ultimately having financial freedom.
His radio show is heard by millions of people daily. He seeks to help his callers get a handle on
their finances during the few minutes that he talks with them. His 7 "Baby Steps" are
the basis of what he talks about. His
book The Total Money Makeover is one of the best financial books I have ever read
(the other would be Larry Winget's "You'reBroke Because You Want to Be").
A five-year boy in Oklahoma wore a University of Michigan shirt to school
and was forced to turn the shirt inside out.
It seems that the Oklahoma City public school district has a policy
against wearing shirts that promote any schools other than Oklahoma schools. Apparently this may stem from some
gang-issues. Seriously though!?! A five-year wearing a Big-House t-shirt is
probably not much of a threat to society, yet.
I thought that kind of stuff only
went on in that state that is a four-letter word (O***). There is a ray of sunshine to this story, however. Dave Brandon, the Michigan
Athletic Director, has offered young Cooper Barton tickets to an upcoming home
Michigan game. This kind of rule is probably something that the school district should look at changing (or at least revising) so that it is more realistic. Anyway, here's hoping to little Cooper continuing to "Hail to the Victors" and wearing his Maize and Blue shirts proudly.
