Even if you low ball it at four people that's $84.00/wk or approx $360 a month (4.3 wks). You can buy a lot of food for $360.00.
PLUS if this fictional family is so poor they get food stamps, then their kids are eating 'free' at school for two of their meals. And in most states thats all year round. And if its 5 in the family (3 kids) the food stamp give away comes to $452.00 a month (again 4.3wk avg /mo).
Sheesh, why didn't Kaitlyn really stretch the injustice (sarc) of food stamps and break it down per hour.
MEAN REPUBLICANS ONLY GIVES POOR PEOPLE $.125/HR TO EAT!!
Using your 4.3 wks/month it comes out to $271 per month for a family of 3. I have a family of 3 and it is rare for my monthly food budget to hit that amount, let alone go over it.
I have a family of 3, and that's roughly what I budget monthly (~$400) - including dry goods. And, there's a lot of room in there for cutting back.
This is journalism at its worst. I read the article and my first reaction was "how could a family get by on $21 bucks a week?" Exactly the reaction that the reporter was looking for, IMHO.
(Illinois Food Stamp Calculator)
Exactly right. But it's bull for another reason. The average recipient has some income, such that the $21 is to supplement that. The food stamps arent intended to be the only source of food money.
When a single person has NO INCOME the daily amount is about $5.15 a day or $36 a week. Anyone who cant feed himself on that is an idiot.