Houston rapper Slim Thug just released "How to Survive in a Recession," a guide to personal finance that's getting some good reviews. Andrew Shulman highlights some themes:
“How to Survive the Recession” is, as it sounds, a financial manifesto, and it begins with a list of “twenty-five financial rules to live by.” Among them: “Never have a Bentley with a Benz salary;” “never buy a house with unnecessary space;” and “every time you get a stack, put it up and live off the extra change.” …He also explains the importance of understanding the tax system—“Say you got a million dollar check; dudes think they actually got a million dollars. You got to pay damn near half of it to taxes. Know your taxes and math.” The basic theme of his book is that even successful people should live practically and within their means. As the rapper writes, “I always say if you can’t buy it THREE times over, you can’t afford it.”
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