Posted on 05/01/2013 7:08:17 PM PDT by haffast
Vice President Joe Biden's two sons and wife are getting by on $1.50 a day to bring attention to world hunger.
"I'm hungry. I'm very hungry," Hunter Biden told CNBC's Andrea Mitchell in an appearance with his brother Beau Biden to promote the Live Below the Line Campaign.
Nearly 1.5 billion people in the world live below the poverty line and are forced to subsist on the equivalent of $1.50 a day. Hunter Biden, chairman of the board of World Food Program USA, is living on $1.50 worth of food for five days. Beau and their mother, Jill, are participating for one day.
"I'm not as tough as my brother," joked Beau, who is Delaware attorney general.
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Many of those are pregnant women, who then give birth to children who already suffer the effects of malnutrition, he noted.
His group funds programs in countries such as Kenya, where many children walk long distances to school just because there is food there, he said. While there, they also get an education that will help them climb out of the cycle of poverty.
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Perhaps the cheap penny pinching bastard should kick in some money to charitable organizations.
I guess $100/mo figures out to about 3.33/day for 4 people. The key is to build upon the previous days meal, like Pot Roast to beef stew to vegetable soup, etc. But it can be done. The local country bulk store has great deals on flour, oatmeal, corn meal, etc. (Bread on Tuesday is 50cents a loaf)
My dad, in his eighties, does that. I bet that's where he got it from.
My dad, who would have been 89 now (he died in 2004), also made this. Probably similar to bread pudding or French toast -- amazing what one can make with so few ingredients.
I think, in these recession times, the challenge for the poor or unemployed & underemployed (especially hipsters) will be how to be creative on a budget.
We used to put cornbread in milk back in the late 40s. Actually it was probably what most people call corn pone as it was flat and cooked on a greased iron skillet.
It tasted pretty good but I bet it would not taste as good now.
Bidens brother has a billion dollar contract with the US Gov for services in Iraq. Is he fasting?
Stop the BS.
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