[NEMDF]

$632/90 meals per month/4 people in the family is $1.75 per meal, per person, not the $1.40 estimate in the article. This does not even take into account that the children are getting free meals for maybe 40 meals per month, each, at school. If there are young children, there are some additional benefits through WIC, I believe. And presumably there are other resources such as food banks, charities, churches, etc. before ANY of “their own” money needs to be spent on food. If they shop and cook like the rest of us need to, to make “ends meet”, they should be able to eat very well on the reduced benefits.

[Hoodat]

It also does not take into account sales tax which the rest of us have to pay. At a sales tax rate of 7%, I need $676 to purchase that same $632 worth of groceries. For the food stamp crowd, the money I would use to pay the additional $44 in taxes, they can buy the latest PlayStation game instead each month.

[Sacajaweau]

That's not the best way to calculate this...but it is the government's way of not be quite honest. $146 a week on groceries is a lot of money. That's $36 a week per person...that's a lot of money for one person...particularly in a family who would be cooking by the pot. They have to give up the $5 a pound bacon...and buy the $1 sausage packages.

Maybe give up buying soda, beer, steak, chips...etc etc...

[vette6387]

“And presumably there are other resources such as food banks, charities, churches, etc. before ANY of “their own” money needs to be spent on food.”

I watched a well-dressed “Female Holder’s Person, use Food Stamps for all of her groceries, then pull out some cash to pay for a bottle of Chivas Regal! That’s how this program really works! I don’t deny that some people are genuinely in need, but my bet is that there is a lot of this. BTW, the woman was obese!