I'm glad you're here with us on the Clark Howard Show where it's about you and that

quality yours.

I want you to learn ideas to me so you can keep more of what you made.

Coming up in just a few minutes, today's Clark Rage is about this.

Why, if the economy is so intensely strong, why are people's wages overall not even

keeping up with inflation?

I'll give you one theory why we are still not getting ahead.

And later yet, you know that vehicle may be having your driveway, you're getting tired

of, I'm going to give you new ammunition to keep driving what you already have and

not get that new shiny thing.

I for years have referred to the debit card is the piece of trash fake fees or fake master

card.

They are so dangerous to your wallet.

And I've said that over the years, even though I'll have people say, wait, wait, I talked

to the people at my bank, they said that you were wrong, card that the debit card is

just the same as a credit card.

It's not.

And the people of the bank that tell you that may just be misinformed.

Let's go with that.

The reason that I trash, the piece of trash fake visa and fake master card so much is the

cynical banks use their extreme lobbying power in the Congress to prevent having consumer

protections on debit cards like a credit card.

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