"Don’t go broke trying to look rich” is a financial saying that has been printed on many images."That’s why our ppl are always broke: Living beyond our means. We go broke trying to LOOK rich/wealthy” was posted on Twitter by .Goddess.on October 1, 2009.

“#music101 DONT GO BROKE TRYING TO LOOK RICH” was posted on Twitter by RAP STAR PROMO on November 7, 2009. “RT @BigKenMrMoney: #bigkensays don’t go broke trying 2 look rich” was posted on Twitter by King Quez on February 13, 2010. Authorship is uncertain, but it’s likely that RAP STAR PROMO at least popularized the saying.

American financial author Dave Ramsey made “Act your wage!” his catchphrase in the 2000s. “Don’t go broke/ Trying to look rich/ Act your wage” has been printed on images since at least 2011.

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.Goddess.
@iEatAcidnSouls
Replying to @myfabolouslife
@myfabolouslife I agree. That’s why our ppl are always broke: Living beyond our means. We go broke trying to LOOK rich/wealthy.
12:16 PM - 1 Oct 2009

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RAP STAR PROMO
@RAPSTARPROMO
#music101 DONT GO BROKE TRYING TO LOOK RICH. WTF U DOING?
4:01 PM - 7 Nov 2009

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RAP STAR PROMO
@RAPSTARPROMO
#music101 don’t go broke trying to look rich!
2:26 PM - 8 Nov 2009

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RAP STAR PROMO
@RAPSTARPROMO
#music101 don’t go broke trying to look rich! POW!!!!
2:58 PM - 8 Nov 2009

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RAP STAR PROMO
@RAPSTARPROMO
#music101 don’t go broke trying to look rich! POW!!!! Hit it on tha spot!
7:40 PM - 8 Nov 2009

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Splashgod 🦂
@kingkleffy
Don’t go broke tryna look rich!! #realtalk
11:57 AM - 25 Nov 2009

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King Quez
@QuezOutlaw
RT @BigKenMrMoney: #bigkensays don’t go broke trying 2 look rich.
2:49 PM - 13 Feb 2010

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KING / 334 MO.B.B.
@KINGof334MOBB
Don’t go broke trying to look rich. #kentalk
11:05 PM - 7 Mar 2010

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Uncle Dadd ZooHouse
@UncleDaddZHYB
RT @BigKenMrMoney: dont go broke trying to look rich.
2:02 PM - 13 Apr 2010

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Enzo Santiago
@ChuchuGuard
Don’t go broke trying to look rich! Act your wage!!
9:51 PM - 16 Dec 2011

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❤️ Angelica ❤️
@WrkoutWithJells
Dave ramsey RT @SKJ1210: Don’t go broke trying to look RICH. Act your wage
11:19 PM - 15 Jan 2012

24 August 2013, New Zealand Herald (Auckland, New Zealand), “No excuses for not saving or acting your wage,” pg. B14:
10.!Act your wage. This is a another Ramsey quote: “Don’t go broke trying to look rich. Act your wage.”

Google Books
Uneducated:
A diary by an ill minded man
By Matin Zoormand
Southampton, UK: Mehri Publication
2016
Pg. 55:
Remember don’t go broke trying to look rich. Act your wage.

SeedTime
25 Quotes that will change how you look at money
SAVE MONEY / OCTOBER 15, 2016 by DAWN
(...)
Don’t go Broke trying to Look Rich!”

Twitter
EMPIRE 🔥
@__therealdree
The motto for everyone should be, don’t go broke trying to look rich 🙌 if you ain’t got it you just ain’t got it, stack it til you do 💯🤟🏽
12:40 AM - 28 Aug 2018