Robert MorleyColumnist
Prepare to Reduce Your Standard of Living—Now!


October 14, 2008 | From theTrumpet.com

Tough times are around the corner.

Robert Morley Could American society even survive a 1930s-style crash? America is not the same nation that faced the Great Depression: Today we have much further to fall. The coming depression will arrive suddenly and be far more excruciating than most people imagine—but when it finally ends, there will be an opportunity for a new beginning!

My grandparents lived through the Great Depression. And you can see how that terrible time left its mark on that generation. Nothing is allowed to go to waste. Every last bit of food should be eaten. The buttons off of old clothing should be saved. Old jeans can be used to make patches to cover the holes in the knees of other work clothes. I even remember a proudly displayed area rug woven out of old rags.

And two things my grandparents made sure to teach us grandchildren were to be grateful for all the things we have, and to plan for tomorrow. “We might have money now,â€