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"Not a valid experiment as she was living on the surplus of others."

"She sponged...She lived off others"

"Surviving Without On Other People's Money: German Woman’s Year-Long Adventure...There, fixed the headline."

Show us a quote from the article behind the posted link above this thread to substantiate those comments. And while we're discussing spongers (or worse),...

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution
http://spectator.org/articles/39326/americas-ruling-class-and-perils-revolution

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility
http://volokh.com/2011/10/31/the-fragmenting-of-the-new-class-elites-or-downward-mobility/

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835601/posts

The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2843575/posts

Are you a member of the political class?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/are_you_a_member_of_the_politi.html

Downton’s Class System — and Ours: We have a ruling class that despises the free market and does...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3024119/posts

The War on Humans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWcEYYj_-rg

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Here you go... She also scavenged for food discarded by shops and bakeries. In times of collapse there would be no food discarded.

She also stocked up by buying food items ahead of time.

It is like my claiming I have not bought clothes in years. I haven't, but I have a nicely stocked wardrobe already so it is a shrug.