another credit or debit card. you can transfer once from your bank account for free every month. $1.50 for an atm withdrawal. if you don t use the card for three days in a row, you pay $30. bieber gets $3.75 million to put his money on it. spend smart issues the bieber card. it defends its fees, saying it s trying to help parents and teens start a conversation about reasonable spending and bieber helps get that message out. greg mcguide from bankrate.com says celebrity cards usually aren t the best value. consumers that are looking for lower fee, prepaid debit cards can find them. they re just not going to be those endorsed by celebrities. reporter: traditional bank fees are rising too. maybe that s why so many don t seem to mind they re paying so much for prepaid debit cards. the amount of money put on them almost tripled from 08 to 12. it s expected to top $168 billion.
maybe that s why consumers don t mind they are pay be so much for prepaid debit cards. the amount put on tripled from 2008 to 2012 and expected to top $168 billion by 2015. that s a lot of money. nearly the gdp of kuwait or romania and enough to by 131 double-decker planes. industry trade groups say parents use them to teach kids about financial responsibility but financial advisers say there are better ways to do that. prepaid debit cards are spending money to use your own money but they don t necessarily fix your credit and it s too expensive. if you don t have a checking account, look for a credit union in your area. check out smarterchoice.org or go to bankon.org. prepaid didn t cards are easy and convenient. if it s something you re willing to pay for, go for it. you need to know the fees ahead of time and consider other
balance at an atm triggers a fee. reporter: maybe consumers don t mind paying so much for prepaid debit cards. the amount of money put on them almost tripled from 2008 to 2012 expected to top $168 billion by 2015. essentially it is spending money to use your own money. but they don t necessarily fix your credit. it s too expensive. reporter: mack says look for a credit union in the area. check out a smarter choice.org or go to join bankon to find a local bank to help you build your credit or open an account. christine romans, cnn, new york. the american dream is of a better future, a confident retirement. those dreams have taken a beating lately. but no way we re going to let them die. ameriprise advisors can help keep your dreams alive like they helped millions of others.
every month just to have it. 2.95 to put money on it from another debit or credit card. transfer once from your bank account for free each month and $1.50 for an atm withdraw and if you don t use the card for 30 days in a row, you pay $3. spend smart issues the bieber car defending fees saying it s try to help parents and teens start a conversation about reasonable spending and bieber gets that message out but greg mcbride says celebrity cards usually aren t the best value. consumers looking for lower fee, prepaid debit cards can find them. they re not going to be those endorsed by celebrities. traditional bank fees are rising too. maybe that s why consumers don t mind they are paying so much for prepaid debit cards. the amount of money put on prepaid debit cards tripled from 2008 to 2012 and expected to top $168 billion by 2015. that s a lot of money.
and a government watchdog report confirms what just about all of us know and dread. filing your taxes is a complicated, intimidating process. richard lui is here with the drilldown and some opening details on the new record. richard. chris, you got three weeks because you know what, that s how long it will take to read the 4 million words of the tax code. chief tax code writer dave camp says a recent report confirms that the quote, the tax code is ten times the size of the bible with none of the good news. so here s the bad language, tax language is so complex, it takes the equivalent of 3 million people working all year to complete business and individual tax returns. now, the cost to do that is $168 billion. that s greater than the gameday of half the states in the union. and the tax bible, it continues to crow on average, one additional change per day over the last dozen years until this