Weekend reading is a round-up of personal finance and money related stories that caught the eye of our forum members this week:

• The Obama economic stimulus: Everybody gets to refinance their house at 4.5%
• Meet the family who live on $44K a year – debt-free
• Bush: “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system”
• Rather than fire people, Dell will reduce packaging costs
• Expect a rise in theft, depression, drug use, anxiety and even violence
• Goldman Sachs Slashes Average Pay 45% to $363,654
• Actual stock market returns
• More Fed Rate Cuts…
• Restaurant to charge you $8 extra dollars if you don’t eat everything
• Buffett on 0% interest rates
• Recycling market crashes

Subprime loans have gone through their cycle, but that doesn’t mean that foreclosures are going to stop — a new wave of loans are set to default from 2009 – 2011 that is even larger than the subprime loan default mess…

This Week’s Money Carnivals

Blog carnivals are always a great place to see the best writing from a wide variety of blogs from around the blogosphere:

• Debt Reduction
• Frugality
• Personal Finance

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