anti-largesse

This is interesting. Four members of Congress have decided to see how the other half lives by pledging to subsist for one week on $21 worth of food, the amount the average food stamp recipient receives in federal assistance. The "Foof Stamp Challenege" accompanies legislation proposed by two fo the starvees that would add $4 billion to the annual federal food stamp budget, which was $33 billion last year and covered 26 million Americans. You can read a blog about the experience here.