Lessons from the Great Depression

"Sure," she said. "I can't throw food away, even today." And the couple never goes out to dinner "just because it's convenient." The Paynes have some specific advice for people today. "Don't spend money you don't have," said [Ellen Payne]....

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Published inConcord monitor (Concord, N.H. : 1970)
Main Author ELLEN GOSS GOLDSBERRY
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Concord, N.H Concord Monitor/Sunday Monitor 27.07.2008
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McDevitt, Helen
Payne, Ellen
Reade, John
Siff, Bob
Siff, Marilyn
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Summary:"Sure," she said. "I can't throw food away, even today." And the couple never goes out to dinner "just because it's convenient." The Paynes have some specific advice for people today. "Don't spend money you don't have," said [Ellen Payne]. "Cut down on consumption." "[Marilyn Siff] is still very frugal," said [Bob Siff], 84. "We don't throw anything out. We've never used credit card debt - that comes right out of the Depression. It's the idea of not buying something you can't pay for."