Surviving On Food Stamps - The $21 A Week Experiment

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On: May 16, 07
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Two American lawmakers are putting their money ($21) where there mouth is. They’re trying to survive for one week on the US standard food stamp rations. That means they’re trying to get by on $1 per meal. Both congressmen are blogging about their experience and it doesn’t look like it’s going very well.

Rep. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) are among a handful of congresscritters participating in an experiment in which they must subsist on standard US food stamp rations for one week. The shocking conclusion, so far? $21 worth of stamps a week doesn't add up to much, and it's "almost impossible" to maintain a healthy diet for $1 a meal (huh, wonder why America's poor suffer obesity in such great numbers?). (boingboing.net)




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Have all the Democrats in the US do this stint for 1 month. Come on Ted Kennedy. & you worthless Liberals. Test your wonderous Food stamp system. Try it in LA CA area below Living Wage stds. Give us a break.

By: rocketranger on May 17, 07 | 0 Trends | 2374 Comments



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