April 17, 2018 • Page 2 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com Dave Says I’ve Seen Worse Expenses, Not Income By Daris Howard What Happens to the Debt? Dear Dave, I bring home $4,100 a month in military disability pay and Social Dear Dave, Security combined. My wife brings I’ve started your personal finance course in high school, so I’m home an additional $2,000 each asking this for the entire class. What happens to your debt if you month. Should we base our emerpass away with no relatives or heirs to take responsibility for what gency fund level on her income only, you owed? since mine is guaranteed? Elizabeth Lewis Dear Elizabeth, Dear Lewis, In many cases it simply does not get paid. Relatives or heirs of Your emergency fund shouldn’t be the deceased are not responsible for a friend or family member’s based on income. I recommend folks debt, except in cases where they have been a co-signer on that have three to six months of house- debt. hold expenses set aside in an emer- Let’s say someone’s parents died, and at the time of their death Dave gency fund. What would it take to operate they had $100,000 in debt in their names only. The only way that your household for that length of time if one debt will be paid is if they owned enough stuff — if they had or both of your incomes disappeared? enough in the way of assets — to pay the debt. If they owned a I don’t anticipate your income stopping, Lewis. But income loss $200,000 home, the house would have to be sold in order to pay isn’t the only thing you’re guarding against with an emergency the debts. Their estate would be the only thing standing good for fund. You’re also guarding against things like an illness in the fam- the debt. If they owned nothing, and had no co-signers on any ily, if the transmission in the car goes out, or your home’s heat- of the debt, the creditor would not get paid. The bank lost that ing and cooling unit needs to be replaced. There are many more money. crises that can come upon a family other than a loss of income. Elizabeth, I hope that helped. Please tell your teacher I said I don’t mind if you two lean toward the three-month side of ex- thank you for leading the class! penses, since your income is pretty stable. But always remember, — Dave an emergency fund should contain three to six months of expenses, not income. * Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and busiThank you for your service, sir. ness, and CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best— Dave selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ramsey Ramsey Show is heard by more than 12 million listeners each week on 575 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. 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Yes, by mutual consent a worthy subject. “With me,” Dud continued, “it wasn’t so much my job as it was my hobby. You know, writing that book. I’m claiming it as the best part of my job, anyway.” The assembled were still waiting to read “Murder in the Soggy Bottoms,” as it had yet to see print, and was really a work in progress. Then Bert picked up the conversation thread. “Of course I’m retired now,”he said, “but when I was running the pawn shop, my favorite part of the job happened when a customer found something in there he really needed and ended up paying much less for it than he thought he’d have to.” Doc laughed “And you made more on it than you thought you would, too,” Bert grinned and nodded. “Yep. That was good too. And you, Dewey?” Our accident-prone pharaoh of fertilizer got a serious look on his face. He finally said, “The best part of the fertilizer business is seeing the difference it makes in the flower gardens around town. 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