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Apr. 29th, 2007 10:25 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
hel_anaAs part of a hunger awareness week, Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon (and his wife, reportedly) lived on the $21 dollars a week that's the average food stamp allotment in Oregon
Perhaps predictably, it's being derided as a publicity stunt by people who don't really want to think about the systemic causes of hunger and poverty, preferring to blame the poor for just not being good enough people to afford to eat well. However, there's an interesting and telling bit in the second article about a state employee (in the Food Stamps agency) who herself qualifies for and uses food stamps.
Kulongoski is considering challenging Chimpy McFlightsuit and his wife to take the same challenge -- it'll be interesting to see how that goes over.
Perhaps predictably, it's being derided as a publicity stunt by people who don't really want to think about the systemic causes of hunger and poverty, preferring to blame the poor for just not being good enough people to afford to eat well. However, there's an interesting and telling bit in the second article about a state employee (in the Food Stamps agency) who herself qualifies for and uses food stamps.
Kulongoski is considering challenging Chimpy McFlightsuit and his wife to take the same challenge -- it'll be interesting to see how that goes over.
