The Chaotic-Neutron » Food Stamp Challenge http://www.chaoticneutron.com Chance, Neutrons, Philosophies, Poetry and more... Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:28:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= Living the food stamp challenge http://www.chaoticneutron.com/2009/04/17/living-the-food-stamp-challenge/ http://www.chaoticneutron.com/2009/04/17/living-the-food-stamp-challenge/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:01:18 +0000 Neutron http://www.chaoticneutron.com/?p=1070 An interesting case-study on whether a couple can live, happily (?) and satisfied with only 72$ a week allotted for food. It would not have caught my attention since living in Texas, as a single guy, I can easily manage with 150$/month if I wanted to but since this involves 2 adults, who have been living unrestricted most of their lives, in LA, this provides a decent foundation to understanding what the people depending on food stamps are in for, every day.

Of course, you do have to be a staunch meat-eater to understand some of the plight that this couple went through but mostly, I think this is entirely possible if you cut down de trop spending. Especially during tough economic times like these.

Link: Can two people eat on $67 a week?.

Update: I must have missed this before but apparently, in 2007, several members of Congress budgeted just $21 a person, the national average a food stamp recipient receives weekly. Damn. Now that’s tight.

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