{"id":13919,"date":"2026-06-30T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/?p=13919"},"modified":"2026-06-29T23:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T05:31:27","slug":"tuesday-meta-adding-another-why-to-manufactured-spend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/30\/tuesday-meta-adding-another-why-to-manufactured-spend\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Meta: Ledger Pushing for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Churning and manufactured spending <a href=\"https:\/\/chasingcetaceans.com\/2026\/06\/this-old-boat-is-taking-water-wont-be-long-til-it-goes-down\/\">isn&#8217;t always rainbows and unicorns<\/a>. Sometimes we&#8217;re stuck dealing with locked accounts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/yotta\/comments\/1m64t0v\/can_anybody_pls_explain_this_letter_from_evolve\/\">stolen funds from shady FinTechs<\/a>, shutdowns, weird OnlyFans things (no link on purpose on this one but yes, it&#8217;s real), and other hardships from inadvertent financial chicanery. The rewards outweigh those things or you wouldn&#8217;t be here obviously, but what if we could break from the monotony of manufactured spend, which is effectively:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pushing numbers from one ledger to another, then probably back to the first ledger, and taking a cut for doing it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8230; and use your ledger pushing to do good in the world? Well, an unlikely contender means that you can: Enter the national pizza chain recently certified as &#8220;now edible&#8221;, Domino&#8217;s Pizza (lolwut), and the June dumpster fire colloquially known as &#8220;Paze&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With your <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paze.com\/participating-banks-credit-unions\">Wells Fargo, US Bank, Chase, Bank of America, Citi, and other issuers&#8217;<\/a> personal debit and credit cards, you can turn your June dumpster fire into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.paze.com\/paze-company-behind-zelle-drops-spend-10-get-10-back-deal-10-times-card-iconic-brands\">$100 per card<\/a> to help St. Jude Children&#8217;s Research Hospital. To do so, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dominos.com\/en\/menu\/sides\/F_STJUDE\/st_jude_donation\">donate $10 to St. Jude Children&#8217;s Hospital via Domino&#8217;s at this link, then pay with Paze<\/a> (thanks to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.doctorofcredit.com\/donate-10-to-st-judes-for-free-with-paze-promo-dominos-checkout-possible-tax-write-off\/\">DoC<\/a>). You can do this 10 times per Paze card. Other than helping advance cancer research, there are a few other ancillary benefits:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You may qualify for a tax write-off<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You&#8217;ll probably earn rewards points, de minimus as they may be<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ledger pushing might feel redeeming instead of just enriching<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Happy ledger pushing friends!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"337\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-11.png 337w, https:\/\/milesearnandburn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-11-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 337px) 100vw, 337px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:14px\">Cancer, meet Domino&#8217;s.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Churning and manufactured spending isn&#8217;t always rainbows and unicorns. 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