Pa said, "What I’m scairt of is we’ll run outa money so we can’t git there ‘t all. Here’s all us eatin’, an’ got to buy gas an’ oil. ‘F we run outa money, I don’ know what we gonna do."
– John Steinbeck
The Grapes of Wrath, Chapter 16. With the Wilsons’ car broken down and in need of a con-rod bearing, Pa Joad expresses concern that they will run out of money before they get to the West.