. >>> if everyone in this country went insane, and decided to turn american into cramerican with me asing, i would be making changes pronto but because this is a show about machine, i'm going to stick to the elements of the scheme we don't teach our young people how to handle money. would it be so crazy if you had to take a class in personal finance before you could graduate from high school? i think it should mandatory. now, sadly, i am nobody's dictator and i don't have any influence over educational policy in this country, but i do control what we talk about on this show. can i speak words we all believe but very rarely get to say in conversation money is important it's really important. and caring about the state of your finances does not make you some kind of superficial bourj woi onster let's say you want to get married, you just inflicted your horrible credit on your new spouse neither you or your spouse will able to even get a darned credit card these things matter in life. they say money can't buy happiness, but i find that to be dubious in effect. being broke can be a buzz ki