Instructions: Given a text, write a compressed version of it in a single sentence.
Input: The savings are counted in more ways than dollars and cents, however. The families of the new wage earners may feel the accomplishment in terms of a house to live in, money to purchase food - - without food stamps - - and the beginning of a family focused on success, not hopelessness.
Output:
The savings are counted and the families of new earners may feel the progress in terms of a house, food, and the beginning of focusing on success.