[Daveinyork]

I never was on the dole. I remember having a bare pantry, and $20 in my pocket to my name. I took a $100 financial calculator to the supermarket to make sure I didn’t put more than $20 in my shopping cart. When I was a clerk in that supermarket I saw people carefully adding up the prices of what they put in their cart. I never thought I’d be doing it. I bought a lot of Kraft mac and cheese, which was 25 cents a pack, and a lot of cans of tuna. I suppose that I might have been able to afford steak and lobster if I had taken food stamps.

[ShadowAce]

Even when I had food stamps (about 3 months, I think), I bought the cheapest stuff I could. I was always embarrassed having to use it. I just wanted to get the stuff and get out.

I hope to never be in that situation again. I don't understand how people can live like that on purpose.