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Dave Ramsey

Dave Ramsey

Host of "The Dave Ramsey Show" on Fox Business Channel and...

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Scott Bilker

Author and creator of DebtSmart.com

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Liz Pulliam Weston

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Reducing Debt

Reduce Debt, Increase Your Worth

Eric Fanelli*, a Manhattan therapist and artist, knows all about debt and the limitations it imposes emotionally and financially. He found himself with $50,000 in credit-card debt—not once, but twice. “Both times, I had a drop in income and used my credit cards to pay for necessities,” he says. Seeing a pattern he didn’t wish to repeat, Fanelli had to come to terms with how he got into trouble with money, find a way to reduce his debt and ensure that it didn’t happen again.

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Taking the First Step

Taking the First Step

You’ve taken an important step in choosing to reduce your debt. Just making that choice puts you on a different path—one of power and freedom.

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Giving Up Possessions

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Get Better Not Bitter

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