They buy new clothes, and they build houses, and they eat sweetly and well, and they go to theatres.

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By the time I graduated from college and landed my first real job, I knew exactly what I was going to do with the money: buy brand new clothes.

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After paying bills and buying food I find it difficult to even buy toiletries let alone any new clothes and that's before this is introduced.

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As many pupils return to school this week, parents are under pressure to buy their children new uniforms or extra clothes, such as trainers or sports kit.

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Politicians have made us believe that buying new things is good - that we shouldn't be miserly and hang on to our old possessions, our old appliances and our old clothes, but that we should toss them out the second they get worn and buy new ones - to keep the economy going.

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