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We must discourage installment buying, and encourage paying off debts and mortgages.
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gutenberg.orgFDR: “We must discourage installment buying, and encourage paying off debts and mortgages.”
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Roosevelt encourages Americans to avoid installment buying and focus on paying off debts during the war.
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