Financial Services Consumers Can Be Smarter

  You can easily be a smarter financial services consumer without government assistance.

Always look at the fine print. It’s basic and not complicated when you bother to read carefully.

Another tip is remembering that there is no such thing as a free lunch. You pay for what you get in one way or another.

Figure out what you are getting. Consider comparable costs and what you pay for, in return for something you could receive that’s better. Take time and use a calculator when necessary. Most often you don’t have to be a math whiz.

Anything the government gives you is your money, either in the form of direct or hidden taxes, or worthless currency down the road. (See the Earl J. Weinreb NewsHole® comments and @BusinessNewshole tweets.)