Three more lawmakers take food stamp challenge (all Dems)

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http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/17/three-more-lawmakers-take-food-stamp-challenge/

Three more lawmakers take food stamp challenge.

Reps. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Raul Grijalva (D-AZ), and Keith Ellison (D-MN) have agreed to take the food stamp challenge. They will “limit their spending to $1 per meal for a week” in an effort to “highlight inadequacies with the current food stamp program.” This past summer, four lawmakers first took the food stamp challenge. Read more about their experiences here:

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/21/food-stamp/

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1. I hope they learn something from it.

I hope they don't decide it's "easy", and "anyone can do it".

While talking about health care, it's important to talk about the need for good nutrition for ALL in this, the richest country.