My elderly mom thought the stimulus rebate debit card was like the "free" credit card offers we used to get in college (boomer here - you may be too young to remember). She had no use for another credit card, so she tossed it. She has several friends who did the same thing. Fortunately, the government is replacing it after a phone call. Oops - maybe those debit stimulus cards weren't such a good idea after all...

My elderly mom thought the stimulus rebate debit card was like the "free" credit card offers we used to get in college (boomer here - you may be too young to remember). She had no use for another credit card, so she tossed it. She has several friends who did the same thing. Fortunately, the government is replacing it after a phone call. Oops - maybe those debit stimulus payments weren't such a good idea after all...