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Call Me a Tattletale

On New Year’s Eve, a friend of mine made a post on a popular social media site that was meant to be sardonically funny. I am including it here for your scrutiny.

 


While I did shake my head in disbelief and showed this post to a friend of mine that shares my financial views, I was not AT ALL happy with Discover. Excuse me, but on what planet does a LOAN make you DEBT-FREE?!? There were lots of comments on his post, some serious and some witty. My friend himself actually made this comment with the above graphic, “Wait...can you define 'debt-free' for me again, please?”

Insert education clip here: by very definition from the all-knowing Google, debt free means “not owing any money.”

Not so many days later I was enjoying some slight down time in front of the television (I say slight because I was actually still working) and there was a commercial from another monetary establishment that was basically advertising the same thing, “Get a loan from us and be debt-free.” What a CROCK! Do NOT fall for it!

The only reason I’m not calling out that other financial institution publicly right here, right now, is because–and I’ll blame my over-50-year-old brain–I cannot be 100% sure who it was (although I’m pretty sure I know, and I was SHOCKED because I HAD some respect for them before this), and I have yet to verify it. Be assured that when I see that commercial again, I’ll let you, my faithful readers, know who it is.

Speaking of telling, I’m tempted to call the FCC (Federal Communication Commission) and tell them this financial institution is spreading LIES.

And don’t you believe it. It’s false advertising at its finest

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