08.27.24 Credit Card Debt - Have A PLAN / Ending Distracted Driving

The Clark Howard Podcast

Clark Howard

Investing, Entrepreneurship, Business

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🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Clark shares some tough new stats about American credit card debt. If you are in debt, you are definitely not alone. Know the strategies that can set you on a path to freedom from debt. Later, insurers are exploring some interesting ways to cut down on the critical problem of distracted driving. Clark has his own way of banishing phone use while behind the wheel. Credit Card Debt: Segment 1 Ask Clark: Segment 2 Phone Addiction & Distracted Driving: Segment 3 Ask Clark: Segment 4 Mentioned on the show: Credit card debt: Inflation, interest rates have more Americans carrying balances over Axios: Stretched consumers Clark Howard's 2024 Credit Card Debt Elimination Strategy 6 Things To Know Before Contacting the National Foundation for Credit Counseling Xfinity Deal: Save Up to $1,500 on Internet and Cell Phone Service Cell Phone Plans / Streaming TV / Internet Archives - Clark Howard How Many Credit Cards Should I Have? My 7 Rules for Using Credit Cards - Clark Howard Best Airline Credit Cards for 2024: Are They Right For You? Gamification gets drivers to put down their phones, study finds Pay-Per-Mile Insurance: Is It Worth It? Mile Auto Insurance: A Firsthand Review How to Shop for Lower Car Insurance Homeowners Insurance Archives - Clark Howard 5 Steps To Getting a Good Deal on a Hotel Room Should You Ever Book a Nonrefundable Hotel Room? 5 Things You Should Re-Shop To Save Money Clark.com resources Episode transcripts Community.Clark.com 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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0:25.7	It's great to have you here on the Clark Howard show. You know, we're all about you being
0:36.6	empowered with knowledge that gives you the ability to make better financial decisions in your life and I'm going to
0:45.3	begin today with something where we're not empowering ourselves.
0:51.1	It's amount of credit card debt that so many of us, so many of our fellow Americans are
0:56.7	caring.
0:58.5	And I want you to know if you're in debt, you are not alone.
1:01.5	Listen to this new stat from bank rate. Half, half of the American people
1:08.1	now are in credit card debt. We're going to talk about strategies to take that debt away.
1:15.0	Later, there's a lot of problems with distracted driving.
1:19.0	I'm going to give you an example when we talk about this later,
1:22.8	insurers are looking for any way they can
1:26.5	to get us to keep our eyes, where?
1:29.7	On the road.
1:31.3	I'm gonna talk to you about that. So Americans have been really
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