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He didn't make a comment in the op. He could have meant poor people have it really good or he could have meant calling poor americans poor helps them muslim terrorists...it's hard to say.
Damn, that must be really good bread.
He didn't make a comment in the op. He could have meant poor people have it really good or he could have meant calling poor americans poor helps them muslim terrorists...it's hard to say.
You think you can eat for a month on 150? Holy !
So I guess that means you're not going to rework the numbers using American standards.
If they have to run to the bread outlet store all the time, they will need to eat more and buy Air Jordans more often.
Then they should live closer to the outlet store. -Wild Cobra
You probably could if you ate nothing but Ramen. 6 for a dollar after all. Then again, you'd probably also have hypertension within a year so you'd better factor that in. Quality of life might also suffer just a tad if you're eating nothing but Ramen.
if they have Air Jordans and XBoxes, they should only be issued a Lone Star Ramen Card.
i want to see some prices and pictures of the products that would feed one person for $150 a month.
Homai
Calrose Rice
Medium Grain
50 lbs
Item # 206
$25.83
C&F
Dry Pinto Beans
25 lbs
Item # 26013
$15.72
It'll keep you alive...with some $ left to spare.
theyre goooood, tbh.
15 boxes and 4 gallons of milk should cover it.
that doesn't sound like you want to keep them alive.Homai
Calrose Rice
Medium Grain
50 lbs
Item # 206
$25.83
C&F
Dry Pinto Beans
25 lbs
Item # 26013
$15.72
It'll keep you alive...with some $ left to spare.
I ate that daily back when I was in college.
So did my GF her freshman year. The amount of sodium in one pack is ing nuts.
ah , here we go.
Conservatives going shopping. These conversations always end up at the grocery store.
The end result is always oversimplification and "feel good" ego pumping bull on the part of the shopper, and never anything really all that applicable to actual poor people.
My electricity bill alone is $100+ and I'm rarely home other than sleeping on weekdays and weekends. Rent is a little over $900 and it's about as cheap you can find around here. There's no walkways or buses nearby, so some sort of vehicle is needed (you can probably buy a $500 car, but you have to put gas on it). Frankly, I would find it very difficult to live around here for less than $20K/year. That's roughly $1.6K/month = $400/week = $10/hour for a full time job.
Don't forget $500-$1000+ for daycare, if one has kids.
Kind of hard to hold down a job with your kids in tow.
Yeah, Ramen is not the healthiest thing to eat. Its that seasoning packet that has the load of sodium.
Since a car was intentionally left out of Wild Cobra's calculations, was there an allowance for taxis? Because even if the Costco (don't forget membership fees) and the bread outlet store are on public transportation routes, bus drivers tend to frown upon people who get on with giant bags of rice, beans, bulk packages of Raymen, and three loaves of bread.
Getting up and down the stairs to a subway platform would be difficult, too.
And kids can't help carry anything that heavy.
And most taxis I've ridden in have posted signs that they charge more if you've got groceries.
In other words, if you've assumed both bulk purchases AND no car, you can rest assured your calculations are ed.
My mom was one of those shuttle drivers at the airport in the early 70's. Somehow, we managed to survive w/out any govt assistance.
It probably paid a decent salary. Shuttles to-from the airport here are pretty expensive. Taxi service is almost prohibitive ($100 for the trip, airport is 40 miles away).
No, like the ones that take you from parking lot to terminal. Definitely not lucrative.
Those jobs rarely are. They can get you by though.
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