The Ramsey Show

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Financial Peace Is Built, Not Borrowed

Explore episode Jun 30, 2026
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Data point $6,800

Financial Peace Is Built, Not Borrowed · Jun 30, 2026

A caller paid $26/month for a whole life policy on her daughter for 29 years and had only $6,800 cash value — far less than the $58,000+ it would have grown to in an S&P 500 index fund.

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