{"id":3797,"date":"2015-02-12T02:08:41","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T02:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/financiallyfitfoundation.org\/?p=3797"},"modified":"2015-02-12T02:08:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T02:08:41","slug":"have-you-accepted-this-crappy-credit-card-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/financiallyfitfoundation.org\/site\/have-you-accepted-this-crappy-credit-card-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Have you accepted this crappy credit card advice?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think this caught on because people wanted it to be true… desperately.<\/p>\n

But alas, I’m here to end the madness!<\/p>\n

So brace yourself, because this might not be your favorite news of the day.<\/p>\n

Are you ready?!<\/p>\n

How ’bout now?<\/p>\n

Do you like how I’m building this up?<\/p>\n

Don’t worry, I’m about to tell you.<\/p>\n

And this is gonna be one of the quickest post you’ll ever see from me.<\/p>\n

Because I LOOOOVE writing these.<\/p>\n

I hope you like reading them.<\/p>\n

OK fine I’ll stop now. Promise.<\/p>\n

Here’s the TRUTH: It is NOT smart or to carry a balance on your credit card.<\/p>\n

Contrary to popular myth, carrying a balance does NOT boost your credit score.<\/p>\n

Actually it costs you. A lot.<\/p>\n

So let’s knock that ish off and pay off our balances. All of them. On time. Every month. Down to zero.<\/p>\n

Learn more credit do’s & don’ts, steps to building credit, and paying down debt at our next Banking & Credit Card<\/a> workshop coming up Saturday, Feb 21st<\/span><\/span>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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