Keep your jobs folks, get out of debt and stay out of debt... harder times are coming, and it will be in your household's best interest to have household members that are working.
Strive to thrive and just survive... by being debt free and working, it provides more security for your household then those who are in debt and not working.
There are many lessons to learn from the great depression era, and learning them the hard way will not be helpful folks.
Keep on buying extra food items that are on sale, build up a food pantry, buy clothing items on sale, and set up a frugal household budget and stick with it.
Those things are some basic things to help keep your household in a better place, as times keep getting harder.