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jsucool76
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Re: Savings accounts are a joke...

Roarmeister wrote:

I earn between 1-5% cash back on two of my cards and points on a couple of others.  Isn't that BETTER than a savings account at 0.5%  :smileyhappy:


No...

 

Because when you spend that money you get a return of .05.....when it is in a savings acount with an interest rate of .05%...you're actually ending up with a return of 1.05...since none of that money is being spent...:smileytongue:

 

 

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