Rep. Ellison To Go On Food Stamps (MN)

WCCO.com ^ | 9/18/07 | WCCO.com/AP

[Liberty Valance]

[Red Badger]

Spaghetti can be used in different ways.
Break it up into small pieces less than an inch long.
Brown it in a tablespoon of butter or olive oil.
Add a quarter cup of uncooked rice.
Brown the rice and add a cup of water. Add herbs or spices as you like.
Cook till rice is done and all water is absorbed.
Voila! Rice-a-roni................

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

Thank you for the link.

I have also noticed for years that a lot of these food stamp folks are obese.

[luckystarmom]

Multiply that by 5 for a family, and you have over $100 a week.

I figure you have oatmeal, toast, or cereal and a banana for breakfast.

You have a plain homemade sandwich (peanut butter & jelly, egg salad, etc) and a piece of fruit for lunch.

Then you save the rest for dinner. You can buy bulk rice & beans to use for lots of meals. You can buy bulk hamburger and make tons of spaghetti and other meals.

You can buy a whole chicken for dinner, and then you can use the bones to make a good brother for the next day.

I think it would be hard for 1 person to live on $21 a day, but easier for a family of 5 to live on $100 a week.

However, a single person could always get together with others on food stamps and split purchases. Instead of buying a dozen eggs a week, they split it with another person.

Plus, there are lots of buy one get one free at the grocery store. If you always take advantage of that.

[xarmydog]

Unfortunately,my Wife works also.We can not even afford to get them.If she took the time to fill out the papers,during the same working hours as the “Food stamp people”,it would cost her more due to the time from work,than ten dollars,not counting gas.We have one vehicle and live in the country.We live much better without having to beg for food.I just feel bad for my Wife.

[luckystarmom]

I forgot to add that poor kids in public school also get free lunch (and I think breakfast), so it would be really easy for a family of five to live on $100/week.

[Bogtrotter52]

$110.00 a month when I went in. Had to drink Grain Belt and Hamm’s only.

[3AngelaD]

Oh, yummy. A big pander sandwich with a side of bleeding heart.

[avacado]

There is only one outcome that should come from this! And that is the desire for the person to think: "Geeee... this sucks, I need to work harder and put forth more effort in life so that I don't have to live on the dole!"

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

There you go, thinking like a conservative, again...

;-)

[Eepsy]

Try $70 a week:

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/70dollarmenu.htm

Or even $45 if you’re feeling the pinch:

http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/40dollarmenu.htm

[avacado]

"There you go, thinking like a conservative, again... ;-)"

I know, it's a bad habit! ;-)

Conservatives offer opportunity and a paycheck, and liberals offer narcotic welfare. LIBERALISM: Those who create permanent under classes with other peoples' money.

[ApplegateRanch]

I bet there’s a sale on bacon somewhere.

Safeway.

Last day of the sale, today.

6 pounds (Product of the USA) for $9.99--with the Club Card. That is about 50% off.

I'll be wrapping 12 pounds (Sorted through about 30 packages to find 2 really lean ones) for the freezer later today.

That, plus $0.35/can black, navy, pinto, Great Northern, or red beans at our 'dented can' outlet....

I REALLY learned how to shop under Jimmah Catarrh. Jimmah provided me with a "free" education I neither wanted nor needed, since I had already learned plenty from my Depression-era (married in 1928) parents.

[mimaw]

Are the two POS going to reimburse the gov. for those food stamps the take.

[Recovering_Democrat]

Gosh, maybe he could try and standup to his fellow Islamic brethern who are EXTREMISTS.

Oh, wait, that would take courage.

[Jeffrey_D.]

Good point Mimaw.....but it’s us, the tax payers that need to be reimbursed.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

He’s not going to actually use the food stamps. he’s going to limit his spending to $21 for the week.