In the spirit of reviving the age of austerity, I was reading a copy of Housewife magazine from July 1948, and found some wise words from the government of the time:
If You Believe in Britain
Let's be blunt about it. Today you can betray your country by spending your money or cashing your savings unwisely.
The nation is at work, fighting a war against want. If we lose it we shall be little better off than if we had lost the war against Hitler. Until we win it our greatness as a nation and the security of our children's future cannot be established.
Every time we save less and spend more we are striking a blow against that future. Spending hampers the production drive by taking goods off the export market - and it encourages inflation.
If you believe in Britain, if you want to secure the peace we fought to win, save more, spend less.
Issued by the National Savings Committee.
Friday, 25 June 2010
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