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They're not as cheap though, are they? Here are a couple of articles on poverty, obesity and cheap calories that you might find interesting: http://www.guardia
by anthonyb 14y ago
They're not as cheap though, are they? Here are a couple of articles on poverty, obesity and cheap calories that you might find interesting:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/14/obesity-diabetes-cheap-food-poverty http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/dec/14/obesity-...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/not-having-enough-food-ca_b_721344.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/not-having-enoug...
10% of a poor person's income turns out to be about $25/week according to this article: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123448/Poorest-people-U-S-spend-cent-income-lottery--average-lose-half-it.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2123448/Poorest-peop.... Hardly earth shattering or likely to lift them out of poverty if they somehow manage to save it.
- Daniel_Newby 14y agoYes, in fact good food can be extremely cheap. Beans, eggs, and butter are dirt cheap. Canned vegetables are affordable if you buy for nutrition (i.e., not empty food like green beans). Re. lottery spending, they are losing $12 a week! That is $600 a year! That could buy premium multivitamins, an extra several eggs a day, rather a lot of cheese, with money left over for the occassional meal out. The problem of most poor Americans is not resources, it is the deployment of them.