Part of being a successful corporate spokesperson in the long run is constantly worrying about your own brand in the short run and occasionally saying no to the easy money.

Apparently, no one ever taught that lesson to Kim Kardashian. She’s the new spokesperson for a Mastercard  pre-paid debit card that is, by all objective accounts, a horrible financial rip-off for the teens it is targeted to.

Kardashian is a hard-working media dynamo, but the backlash to her is beginning and she is only giving her enemies ammunition with promoting junk like this. Kardashian Inc is in serious need of a quality control expert on the inside.

More at Slate