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Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee
Newark Mayor Booker To Live On Food Stamps For A Week Beginning Tuesday « CBS New York
This is a link to a story on Mayor Booker of Newark NJ who has taken a pledge to live on food stamps for a week starting this Tuesday. His allowance for each meal is $1.40.
It may be interesting to those of us who are so fortunate to follow and see how he does and what he can afford to eat for that sort of money. This is certainly the right time of the year to find out how the other half lives and to remember that our local food pantries help to feed so many people in need!
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That's a step in the right direction to be able to walk in others' shoes. I believe this is a significant thing for a politician to do. Not sure how much though he can really understand how the other people live just from a week on food stamps knowing that he can get off them with a phone call or in just a few days time.