Prime Time Money posted a circus day Carnival of Debt Reduction for this week! He had quite a few Editor’s Picks:

• Free From Broke doesn’t think credit card debt should weigh you down.
• My Two Dollars serves up ten quick and easy ways to reduce your debt.
• The Happy Rock observes that debt makes decisions for people.
• My Daily Dollars talks about making the switch.
• No Credit Needed highlights his free debt reduction ebook.
• Being Frugal waves goodbye to her Citibank credit card debt!
• Gather Little By Little chats about lies, money, and marriage.
• Paid Twice reveals a bit about why debt stinks.
• Green Panda Treehouse talks about her plan for her stimulus check.
• Cash Money Life discusses the real cost of withdrawing retirement funds early.

There are some more articles over at the carnival so check them out! Next week Consumerism Commentary hosts!

• End of year hosting, etc. Since both Christmas and New Year's Day fall on Monday, I'm keeping those weeks carnival-free for the time being.  Any posts that are submitted after the December 18th carnival will be considered for the next available carnival.If anyone would like to step up to host those weeks, please let me......
• Flashback: Blog away your debt Consumerism Commentary hosted Carnival of Debt Reduction #32, and this week's Flashback comes from Money and Investing: Blog for Debt. This blogger had only $300 in consumer debt but getting a blog, monetizing it, and putting the income toward the debt is a great way to pay it off. Others......

• 3 Reasons Why Paying With Cash Hurts You in the Long Term Many of us have been conditioned to think that living debt free is the only way to be. While there is some truth in this statement, if you’re completely debt free and using only cash, you’re hurting your chances of getting a new home, and you may end up in......
• How to cash in on Food Lion's stimulus deal without a check I mentioned a little over a month ago that Food Lion was offering a 10% bonus on gift cards purchased in increments of $300 or more as part of a stimulus check promotion, good until August 16th.  In other words, I could purchase up to four $330 gift cards for......