Hungry?

As you've probably heard, four Congress folk took the challenge of trying to live on $21 worth of food for a week - the amount in food stamps for a family. Two recorded their experiments on blogs, Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Jim McGovern (D-MA). They've done a good job of showing just how ridiculous it is that we expect families to survive like this. The comments are interesting - everything from the knee-jerk jerks (those people should get a job) to people who are, or have been, living on food stamps sharing their stories. And a few sharing tricks of the trade on surviving and buying a week's worth of food for $21.

Something to think about as you pay for that $4 coffee at Starbucks, your take out lunch and pizza delivery. Did you just spend in 1 day what they had to last a week? I know I have.