[mountn man]

The national average for food stamps is $ 127 per person, per month. My average grocery spending is about $ 150 per person, per month.
That includes whatever chips, pop, cookies and other goodies.
I pay that from MY OWN pocket.

My choices=My money.

What they don't tell you, is that ON TOP of food stamps, most of these families with kids, are also getting school breakfasts and lunches, provided from government programs.

Eliminate having to pay for breakfasts and lunches for 20+ days a month, that makes that $ 127 go a lot farther.

[bgill]

In the summer, those kids get lunch delivered by a van that stops around town at the park, library, etc. Anyone up to 21 years old can eat (I had a BS degree and a real job by 20). More tax dollars down the drain. You’re right, add in those extra meals and they get way more than your grocery budget.