Rep. Jim McGovern on the Food Stamp Challenge

The Food Stamp Challenge is an initiative begun by non-profit and religious community groups. Public officials agree to live on a food stamp budget for one week in order to raise awareness of the Food Stamp Program and the inadequacy of the current benefit. Under the Food Stamp Challenge, we will only be allowed to eat food totaling $21 for the week, $3 a day, or $1 per meal -- which is the national average food stamp benefit.

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[shredderofmass]

We gotta vote this turkey out of office.

[shredderofmass]

I live in McGovern's District. I have illegal aliens living next door. A house full of anchor babies. Daddy working construction under the table. One day I woke up to find a car in my driveway with an "Mass Aid To Dependant Children" sticker on it. A translator from the welfare office came to translate government forms so the illegals could get their food stamps. Your tax dollars at work. Illegal alien tax cheats getting welfare for their jackpot babies. End the birth right citizenship.

[mg5679]

Welfare sucks. It is not my job to pay other peoples bills or take care of there kids. Fuck welfare.

[tink037]

I wish more politicians would speak out and tell the public the truth about welfare instead of leaving all these myths hanging around. Welfare is only 1 % of the federal budget. Compare that to the Iraq War at 58%! Which one should you be more angry about when it comes to your wallet?

Also welfare bashers always saw "stop having kids"

The average family on welfare has 2.8 kids. Wow they are really popping out those babies for more benefits.

[jenniferann2]

It's been one year and nothing's changed. Nice job. Oh yeah, isn't interesting how as soon as government took a look at the situation, the cost of everything went up, it's not the consumer dwindling your tax dollars it's the greed of big business who always has their hand out. Oh yeah, it's interesting to how government didn't care to add the foodstamp program to the stimulus package. Tell me again how the government loves me.

[Roosterchaps]

As rep McGovern stated "they also described the tradeoff between eating to be healthy and eating to be full."

[gedhession]

"Shit - pop, cereal and all kinds of processed foods". Oh well, at least the companies that produce this shit get their money and make their profit. The Food Stamp Program provides good subsidies for US agriculture and the food industry. Nobody seems to mention that.

[Goadhatesmyspace]

No its because these foods are the cheepest and people were never taught how to eat healthy. Big talk coming from a guy named meatpie and tatters. These aren't hands outs because food isn't a want, it is a right. You can look it up at the geneva convention, food is a right. People wouldn't get a handout of processed foods if there were a breadline of healthy foods.

[Meatpieandtatters]

I've seen people using their 'Access Cards', as they're called in PA, which is the equivalent of the ATM card for food stamps. The shit these people buy is disgusting. Pop, cereal and all kinds of processed foods. Nutritionally, they're worse off if they had to forage for food themselves. The food stamp program is a damn joke. What impetus is there to work harder to support yourself when the fat-headed, pin-stripped dullards keep giving hand-outs?

[Goadhatesmyspace]

That's a challege? I do that all the time an no one gives me a voice in policy making. 2 words, dumpster diving.