Poor For A Day

It's apparently becoming trendy for well-off politicians to go slumming and attempt to eat like po' folk. Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski kicked things off in late April when he announced that he would limit his food budget to three dollars a day for one week. After which, presumably, he went back to eating like a governor. Read what the Houston Chronicle had to say about the stunt here.

The Washington Post reported recently that other lawmakers have taken up what they're calling the Food Stamp Challenge. This consists of putting themselves on essentially the same regimen as Kulongoski. After which, one must once again assume, they will go back to eating like wealthy politicians. And those trying to scrape by on a pittance will continue to scrape and we'll all turn our attention to the next fad of the week.

Not that I'm cynical or anything.

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