[lbo-talk] Re: eating, or everything else, too?

[Dennis Redmond]

> "Earlier this year, I tried living on $141/month from food stamps. It
> can't be done."
>
> impossible to really live - pay rent, etc - on that sum, but do you mean
> you couldn't get enough to eat

It's simple math: $141 divided by 31 days equals $4.55 per day, or $2.27
per meal. What happens is, you get through two weeks, and then there's
nothing left. (Rent went on the credit card. Don't even get me started on
that one.)

-- DRR