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Fund Manager Reacts: Credit vs Debit 💸

30 Apr 2025 · 1 min

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A fund manager argues debit cards are worse than credit cards because federal law caps credit-card fraud liability at zero, while Speaker B counters that the math doesn't work: 4.5% interest on savings versus 28% credit-card rates. They agree credit cards offer better fraud protection than debit cards.

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I don't own a debit card. I've never owned one. I've never allowed my 3 sons to possess one. Certainly and truly the worst financial tool ever given to the American consumer. How would I remove 99.9% of my personal liability like that? So I use the safest form of payment that exists on the face of the earth, and that is a credit card. Not debit credit, but credit card. Every day of my life, I spend their money. I don't spend my money. My money sits in a money market account. It earns interest. Actually, nobody knows where it is because it's not exposed to anybody to find it. It's just sitting there. But if tomorrow someone gets my card number and charges $1 million on my credit card, by federal law, my liability is zero.
Kind of an unhinged video there a little bit because it's like, well, dude, it's in a money market account making what, 4.5%? Your credit card bill is 28%. Who's paying off your credit card bill, bro? Like, you got to pay. But now I get the point though. I love the point he's making, which is It is a very safe transaction to use. Debit card is direct link to your bank account, but I like credit cards as a means of payment because of the fraud piece, which he pointed out right there.