{"id":7728,"date":"2009-12-11T05:00:05","date_gmt":"2009-12-11T12:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=7728"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:02:24","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T20:02:24","slug":"suze-orman-jumps-aboard-the-pay-with-cash-bandwagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/suze-orman-jumps-aboard-the-pay-with-cash-bandwagon\/","title":{"rendered":"Suze Orman jumps aboard the “pay with cash” bandwagon"},"content":{"rendered":"
For years now, Dave Ramsey<\/a> has recommended ditching credit cards and paying with cash. (Specifically, Ramsey advocates the use of an envelope budgeting system<\/a>.) In fact, this anti-credit card stance is one of the biggest problems critics have with his philosophy; they often point out that “responsible” credit card<\/a> use would yield a higher credit score.<\/p>\n But it looks like Dave Ramsey has some new company in the Cash Only camp. According to a recent MSN Smart Spending article, money guru<\/a> Suze Orman<\/a> is the latest proponent of paying for purchases with cash:<\/p>\n On her Saturday night show on CNBC, she asked viewers to join her in a Back to Cash movement. “Let’s go back to the good old days,” she said. “Let’s go back to the times when you literally paid cash for everything. That’s right. Cash. Stop using your credit cards altogether.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Here’s Suze’s brief call-out on video courtesy of CNBC:<\/p>\n