This whole situation is infuriating, but particularly the table of “thrifty meals” costs. I am the primary provider for my family, and a full-time student at a rather demanding university. There are four of us, with frequent visits from family and friends at meal times. This, of course, necessitates a very frugal approach to life. We eat out rarely – emergencies or date night with the Oyster Wife – and for us we’re high on the hog if we spend $50 per week on groceries. Not per person, $50 total. So to see the government handing people $30 per week per person makes my eyes pop. My parents did more with far less even than I do now, it drives me crazy to see people slacking around on the tax money that my family spent generations struggling to build up. This cannot stand much longer. Oyster out.
