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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 02:55 PM Original message |
(Jackie Speier) Congresswoman to live off food stamps budget |
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cutlassmama (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. the only way to eat healthy on that amount is to dumpster dive behind |
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valerief (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. Well, that's one way to diet. She should try it for at least a month, though, to |
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meow2u3 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:54 PM Response to Reply #2 |
20. One way to diet my eye! |
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Remember Me (730 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 12:02 PM Response to Reply #20 |
29. +1 |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:15 AM Response to Reply #20 |
83. Pasta e fagioli |
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legin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:07 AM Response to Reply #2 |
41. Exactly right |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:09 PM Response to Original message |
3. It should be closer to $7 a day. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:24 AM Response to Reply #3 |
43. Please. In someone's imagination, it may be $7.00 a day. In reality, |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:12 PM Response to Original message |
4. Five entire whole complete days? |
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TheDebbieDee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:59 PM Response to Reply #4 |
38. Well, I'll give her credit for TRYING it! |
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appleannie1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:21 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think five days is long enough to grasp the full scope of how paltry that amount really is. |
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w0nderer (430 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 10:15 AM Response to Reply #5 |
28. not to mention - clean out fridge, freezer, pantry n/t |
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Bennyboy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:40 PM Response to Original message |
6. CA 200 in Food Stamps for thirty days.. |
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Turbineguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. No doubt Fox News will show her eating |
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jwirr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 03:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. Back when George McGovern was fighting for the food stamp |
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provis99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 04:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. I'd rather see every republican in congress do this. |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 04:21 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Another crime to lay at the feet of our corporations |
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bread_and_roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 05:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. Excellent point - except possibly the tax reduction ... |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 07:01 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. True |
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alp227 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 05:28 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. The free market had its chance and FAILED to create a living wage nt |
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Marazinia (398 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 07:17 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Yes it has |
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kpete (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:58 PM Response to Original message |
13. Congresswoman to live off food stamps budget |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Speier is one of the really good ones |
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avaistheone1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 09:50 AM Response to Reply #14 |
93. I like Jackie. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. It will be a basic diet, but it can be done easily enough. |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:42 PM Response to Reply #15 |
32. Prices have gone up. |
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plumbob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:19 AM Response to Reply #15 |
42. Here in west Texas, prices are much higher than that. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:30 AM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Three pounds of potatoes for $1 is not even near a good sale price in my area. |
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CAcyclist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 06:46 PM Response to Reply #15 |
69. Prices in California are triple where you are |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #69 |
73. Actually, the prices in the Central Valley |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:59 PM Response to Reply #73 |
88. But Speier lives in the SF Bay area and prices are much, much higher here. n/t |
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Donnachaidh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 06:58 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. 5 DAYS? Meh. |
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Systematic Chaos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 08:55 PM Response to Reply #16 |
21. I didn't notice the 5 day part. Thought it would be longer. |
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Puzzledtraveller (158 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 11:44 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. Food stamp worker going on 3 years |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #25 |
47. Stil, there is an amount per per person that is deemed necessary for food. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 07:09 PM Response to Original message |
18. You can do it... |
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geomon666 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:02 PM Response to Original message |
22. Top Ramen baby |
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Sabriel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:09 PM Response to Original message |
23. 5 days? Not long enough to develop nutritional deficiencies |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:12 AM Response to Reply #23 |
48. Or to get dead bored with potatoes, rice, pasta and dried beans and lentils, |
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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
24. Do it for five months and then I'll be impressed. (nt) |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-29-11 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
26. This patronizing experiment is a joke |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:30 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Nobody lives on food stamps or food bank boxes "for years". |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. I have direct knowledge about this |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:05 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I guess I'm out of the loop. I thought there was a lifetime limit of one year |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 02:03 PM Response to Reply #35 |
89. +1 |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Edited. When I read Cal's post, I realized my post was duplicative--and his or hers was better. nt |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:46 AM Response to Reply #26 |
46. I don't think bringing greater awareness to a problem is a joke. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:20 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. Bringing greater awareness is not a joke. Implying 5 days is in the same universe as long enough |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:27 PM Response to Reply #46 |
63. Anyone who thinks living off food stamps is an easy or comfortable or even adequate |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:36 AM Response to Reply #26 |
55. doesn't seem to be good enough for you |
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Cal Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:11 PM Response to Reply #55 |
65. Are the people who live off food stamps |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:30 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. yes they are |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:17 AM Response to Reply #66 |
72. Fair to view her as heroic for other reasons, but not for eating for 5 days on a low budget. |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:14 AM Response to Reply #72 |
80. i agree |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
27. I understand the point |
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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:31 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Great ideas. I've said it all myself. But you've really stepped in it now, lol. |
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wickerwoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 03:41 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. +100 |
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Enrique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #36 |
68. it drives me nuts when people suggest living on Ramen noodles |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 08:31 AM Response to Reply #27 |
51. I think what most of us are taking exception to is the implication that five days |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 09:48 AM Response to Reply #51 |
52. Oh I know I come off |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:15 AM Response to Reply #52 |
71. I didn't think you came off as self righteous AT ALL. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 04:40 PM Response to Reply #27 |
67. Well, you have time to cook |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #67 |
70. I have 3 adults, |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:13 AM Response to Reply #70 |
82. I agree with a lot of what you're saying |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #82 |
84. I think I've acknowledged that not all people |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:15 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. Sorry if you took that personally |
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Le Taz Hot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 07:53 AM Response to Reply #90 |
91. LOL! |
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PavePusher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 01:55 PM Response to Original message |
33. 5 days? 5 FUCKING DAYS?!?! |
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lsewpershad (964 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 02:10 PM Response to Original message |
34. Who is she trying to fool? |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:44 AM Response to Reply #34 |
57. wow from your tone, you make it sound like she's commited some crime against humanity |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:51 AM Response to Reply #57 |
58. Why is she only doing it for five days? If she is really serious about making a point, |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:55 AM Response to Reply #58 |
59. that's her decision --why don't you ask her |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:33 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. Since you are defending her I wanted to know your opinion on why she is only |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:20 PM Response to Reply #61 |
62. Okay, here's a guess: my church encouraged us to try this too --for 1 week |
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totodeinhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 01:34 PM Response to Reply #62 |
64. Fair enough. Thanks. n/t |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
39. just for 5 days is a crash diet. go at least 2 months and then talk. |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-30-11 09:56 PM Response to Original message |
40. 5 days is nothing, honestly |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 07:31 AM Response to Original message |
45. Five days? ZZZZzzzzzzzzz. |
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Hotler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-02-11 08:44 AM Response to Reply #45 |
92. +1 n/t |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:27 AM Response to Original message |
53. Our (former) governor tried that once, I believe. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:20 AM Response to Reply #53 |
75. For five days? Sure it is. People survive on bugs and sucking moisture out of plants for longer. |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
54. I think all politicians should have to do something like that. |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:21 AM Response to Reply #54 |
76. Doing that for only five days makes it seem a lot easier than living that way is, |
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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
56. 4 eggs at each meal and a couple of cans of green beans |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #56 |
77. For five days, maybe. No one can do that for a lifetime, though. If they didn't die of |
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Ship of Fools (899 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-31-11 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
60. I think this is good. She had no problem |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:18 AM Response to Original message |
74. Nanners at 39 cents a pound, rice, soups, lettuce, ground beef, hamburger helper |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:29 AM Response to Reply #74 |
78. Bananas at 39 cents a lb? Not in Boston, not since Hoover was POTUS, anyway. |
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snooper2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:57 AM Response to Reply #78 |
86. You should find yourself an Aldi |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 07:37 AM Response to Original message |
79. As long as this thread is turning into more of a how to than a comment on |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
81. That's doable, IMHO. |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
85. several other members of the progressive caucus are doing this. |
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Islandlife (135 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-01-11 01:52 PM Response to Original message |
87. Most of my friends who use food stamps use them to supplement their |
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