I have read a ton of personal finance articles over the last year, but this one I only had to skim to realize it was the most ridiculous cure to personal debt i've ever read.

http://www.thestreet.com/story/10434590/1/10-tough-ways-to-boost-your-bottom-line.html


There are probably a few people in this country capable of that sort of sacrifice, but those are the people who don't need this advice anyway. They have been living that way for awhile. For normal people these suggestions are completely outrageous yet obvious. If Americans found it so easy to give these luxuries up we wouldn't be in the financial crisis we are now. Telling people the quickest way out of their debt is to give up there car, their electronics, and their house and 50% of their income? How can families survive off 50%? With all the little expenses and fees that come along with a child it is next to impossible. And start a new business? If only everyone was capable of that.

Ridiculous. Just ridiculous.