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“Talk about a buzzkill: next time you go to the movies, it’s likely that the U.S. government will lecture you about how to handle your credit cards. I’m not kidding. The Federal Reserve announced it is sponsoring 45-second advertisements in movie theaters with tips to help shoppers avoid unnecessary credit card charges and fees.” Full story.
Am I the only one who finds this ironic?
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Cabbage Boy on December 02 at 1:51 p.m.
As we sit in a theater eating a massive barrel of popcorn, drinking corn syrup from a big gulp and having to be told to throw our trash in a trash can, no that sorta announcement rather fits there.
Joker on December 02 at 1:52 p.m.
With the national debt over $12 trillion, we can see a lot of movies and buy over priced soda and popcorn before we’re in real trouble.
Joker on December 02 at 1:54 p.m.
I am sure this program will be a big success, much like the campaign to have people TURN OFF their cell phones. We’re warned five or six times before the movie starts. And it never fails, at some point during the movie some jackass has their cell phone go off.
Fixer on December 02 at 2:59 p.m.
The “suspension of disbelief” principle applies when I go to see a movie. Thus, the Fed’s ad would seem perfectly plausible.