Why did americans refrain from buying luxury items during ww2?

During World War II all manufacturing was dedicated to the war effort. Luxury items were not produced compared the years before and not readily available. The production of military equipment included natural resources, financial funds, human resources. Nothing was more important than arming the United States.

This is what i found on google “eightin 1997, the mccaughey septuplets were born in carlisle, iowa. multiple births of as many as eight babies have been born alive, the first set on record to the chukwu family in texas in 1998; one died and seven survived. in 2009, a second set, the suleman octuplets, were born in bellflower, california.” i was surprised about this . i don’t want to have that many babies .

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