Someday some scientific researcher should do a study as to exactly what gene it is that republicans are missing that gives them about half the I.Q. of your average ass pimple.
Seriously.
Donny Ferguson, some dim-witted numbnuts who works for Congressman Steve Stockman (R-where else?-Texas) decided he was going to "prove" that eating on $31.50 was easily done (much like the 26 Democrats who took the same challenge but for far more altruistic purposes than degrading hungry people). He sent out a list of what he bought (seen here), said he actually only spent $27 and some change on it, and reported at the end of the week that he felt fine and dandy.
Accepting as fact that he actually did eat only what he purchased (I have doubts that there is any republican has the moral courage to follow through on such a challenge, and would not be surprised at all if he ate as normal and claimed to have eaten only what was on the list), exactly how stupid do you have to be to realize that a) what he purchased was hardly nutritional and certainly not something anyone who loved their child would also feel good about feeding them regularly, and b) there is a fucking world of difference between eating like that for one week and eating like that for months on end.
In the end, all that Ferguson proves is that it takes a special kind of asshole to mock people who are going hungry, and apparently the republican party is full of them.
Peace,
emaycee
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I have seen things like this before, where someone tries to feed themselves on food stamps. Their question is always whether a person CAN do this. This strikes me as looking at the question entirely wrong. CAN a person eat on this amount of money? CAN a person eat WELL on this amount of money?
ReplyDeleteI think this looks at the question entirely wrong. If there is any doubt as to whether a person CAN eat or eat WELL on such little money, the better question to me is: SHOULD THEY HAVE TO?
Maybe one CAN eat on that little money (though I doubt they can eat WELL), but they SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. I don't think living is just whether a person gets enough food to survive. People on food stamps should be able to buy as much produce as they need. They should be able to have a chicken breast when they want it. Sure, maybe they shouldn't eat a steak every night, but why is it okay to think people should eat PB & J every day and beans and rice every night?
To put it simply: CAN a person live on peanuts? Probably. SHOULD a person HAVE TO live on peanuts? No.