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A couple of years ago I had my kids (in their senior year) budget their food at a dollar a meal. They did not starve. Hot cereal, egg, and banana for breakfast, bologna or PBJ, hand made carrot sticks & apple for lunch, and mac&cheese with a hot dog, canned veggies for dinner, and yogurt for dessert fits into the food stamp allotment, without coupons, school lunches, or any home grown or donated food. I have yet to hear of a single case of starvation in the US due to lack of government subsidies.
Just another one of the myriad blessings many of us can be grateful for this Thursday: a Thanksgiving turkey. A new study from the Sunlight Foundation indicates that, thanks to economic hardship, more Americans than ever will be forced to set their Thanksgiving tables using food stamps -- hardly a budget that allows for an opulant feast on a day centered around dinner.
The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on food stamps has a budget of about $1.25 per meal. In other...
Free? Don't you mean TAXPAYER FINANCED?