Elected Officials Attempt Living On Food Stamps<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJackie Spier is discovering how difficult it is to shop and buy food on just over $32.00 per week. She and seven other Congressional Democrats have taken the Food Stamp Challenge, where they commit to…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
That's how much you get if you’re on food stamps (SNAP). $32.59\/week. $4.66\/day. $1.55\/meal (if you're going for three meals). Not much you can buy for a $1.55. Remember that, next time Paul Ryan or Eric Cantor or one of those other Congressional dolts (of either party, but most reside on the Right) start going … Continue reading “Eating on $4.66 a day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,77,38,9],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-23440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-economy","category-food-drink","category-politics-law","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26429,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/15\/but-remember-we-should-cut-food-stamps.html","url_meta":{"origin":23440,"position":0},"title":"But remember, we should cut food stamps","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 15-Feb-12 6:01pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Because they encourage the poor to just sit around on their butts, living high on the taxpayer hog, rather than go out and get a good job.I know, because I heard some presidential candidates say so. #ddtbReshared post from +Shepard Smith","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25824,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/30\/no-junk-food-for-food-stamps.html","url_meta":{"origin":23440,"position":1},"title":"No junk food for food stamps?","author":"***Dave","date":"Mon 30-Jan-12 11:56am","format":false,"excerpt":"On the one hand, even if I'm not such an elegant lady as State Senator Storms, I can understand some level of concern, in a variety of areas, over purchasing junk food with food stamps \/ SNAP assistance.On the other hand, practically putting such restrictions in will lead to all\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":25705,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/01\/24\/next-time-you-hear-someone-knocking-food-stamps.html","url_meta":{"origin":23440,"position":2},"title":"Next time you hear someone knocking food stamps","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 24-Jan-12 6:14pm","format":false,"excerpt":"I.e., that it's an ever-growing bureaucracy feeding a bunch of lazy bums who can't be bothered to look for a job and it will bankrupt us all because of those shiftless inner city types and fraudsters cheating the honest taxpayers, and wouldn't it be better if we just gave block\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":24182,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/newt-lying-outrageously-about-a-program-to-help-the-poor-inconceivable.html","url_meta":{"origin":23440,"position":3},"title":"Newt lying outrageously about a program to help the poor? 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