01.31.22 Don’t Get Taken on Eyeglasses / Here’s to Vertical Farming.

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Business, Investing, Entrepreneurship

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🗓️ 31 January 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Americans are spending more than ever on eyeglasses. Clark discusses the industry cartel at work & multiple ways you can save, and has a warning about employee vision coverage. Also, promising news about how our food is grown in the U.S. The concept of growing produce in a factory goes back a generation. But indoor vertical farming is starting to boom and the benefits are many. Don’t Get Taken on Eyeglasses: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Here’s to Vertical Farming: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Roth vs. Traditional 401(k): What’s the Difference? MaxMyInterest vs. CDARS 7 Free Federal and State Tax Filing Services for 2022 Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Clark.com daily money newsletter Consumer Action Center Free Helpline: 636-492-5275 Learn more about your ad choices: megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	There's something so romantic about winter and I don't know whether that's just because
0:05.4	I'm a bit of a homebody and I love a 5th.
0:08.0	But I think it's just the holiday period, it's just for me, it's the most romantic period.
0:14.1	And I think anyone who's listened to my records will know that I'm quite a big fan of
0:17.3	romance.
0:18.8	Join in every sip with Red Cops Now Back at Starbucks.
0:31.4	It's my pleasure to welcome you to the Clark Howard Show, our mission.
0:35.7	It's to serve and empower you so you make better financial decisions in your life.
0:42.1	Recently I was shocked and I cannot believe this that Americans are spending the most
0:49.6	they've ever spent on eye glasses.
0:52.8	And I've got so many ways for you to save so much money on them.
0:57.4	We've got to talk that through.
1:00.1	And something that I've been, it goes into my obsession column.
1:06.9	Is that we are going to improve the way we get produce in the United States.
1:14.1	It's happening more and more starting with an experimental farm years ago.
1:18.7	I'm going to fill you in on something really, really positive when you think about the
1:24.0	supply chain disruptions.
1:26.4	I think you'll really appreciate what I'm going to share with you later.
1:30.3	So I'm a four eyes and the number of Americans that are four eyes is ginormous because
1:38.7	of maybe all the screen time we spend all the things we're looking at, best guess somewhere
1:47.4	close to 165, 170 million of us wear glasses.
1:52.9	You wear contacts?
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