I love listening to Marketplace -- it is an incredibly informative radio program, managing to both educate listeners about the economy and economics, while being interesting to listen to and current.
Listening to yesterday's show, I got a chuckle out of Kai Ryssdal's final note:
http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/final-note/average-tax-refund-so-far-year-about-3500The Internal Revenue Service said Friday that the average refund so far this year is running at $3,539.
So two things: First, who's got their taxes done already? Because, cut it out! You're making the rest of us look bad.
And secondly, you know that when you get a refund you've basically given the government an interest-free loan, right?
Right?