My mother had this old cookbook (still in existence but tattered). At the back of it, there is an article entitled “How to Feed a Family of Four for $15 a Week.” Many of the principles discussed in that article still apply today.
When I became disabled last year, of course, I had to live on a lot less money. So I dragged out that cookbook and read that article. I don’t know if I could live on $4 a week, but the object is that you can live on less if you do some belt tightening.
What I gett are people who cry that they don’t have enough money for food, clothing, mortgage or rent, but then they go out and play bingo 7 days a week. If you are struggling, you have to give up certain things. You can’t look to others to take care of you and your family. They can help if you are truly struggling, but you should not expect to spend, spend, spend while others are footing the bill. That is not the American way.
Or buy lottery tickets every week (or every day). It really *isses me off when I see people who are using food stamps (or whatever you call them now - they look like credit cards) with a hundred kids in tow (and pregnant again) buying tons of groceries and no one in the family has a job (and they are bragging about it)!
These are the types of people Obama is trying to give 'health care' insurance to. They already get freaking FREE 'health care' because they use the emergency room like a doctor's office!