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Big Rigged (Classic)

Planet Money

Become a Solo Driver, or Lease Operator?

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Kimberly has been getting paid a steady $700 a week as a trainee driver. She could buy her own truck with a loan from Prime, she'd pay a little bit off every week. Kimberly says the folks at Prime were pretty clear that this is the path you wanted to be on. "They paint it in a very politically correct way, but they say if you're not stupid and you're not lazy, then you'd make a lot more money being a lease operator"

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