As promised, here are some of my picks from this week’s Carnival of Debt Reduction:

• Searchlight Crusade does his usual thorough job with this post on forty- and fifty-year mortgages. New and creative ways to goad people into taking on more debt than they can handle so that they’re forever trying to get rid of it.
• Tricia of Blogging Away Debt ran the numbers and found out what sending even more money to repaying debt can do.
• J.D. of Get Rich Slowly gives kudos to the debt snowball method after using it to pay off a whole lotta debt.
• Blunt Money wisely reminds us that thinking “it’s just $20″ when we spend money can have a huge impact on debt repayment, mortgages, and so forth.
• No Credit Needed surprises people when they ask: “You can do that?”

Next week, the Frugal Duchess hosts, so head on over to BlogCarnival.com and submit a great article about debt reduction!

• No Debt Plan has posted this week's Carnival A big thank-you to No Debt Plan for hosting this week's Carnival of Debt Reduction!  He's organized the submissions in categories for your viewing pleasure.  His picks this weeks: Help My Money Grow thinks that retirement is not for everyone Early Retirement Extreme tells us why he won’t join the......
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