To: President Donald Trump, The United States House of Representatives, and The United States Senate
Put your money where your mouth is, Congress!
Congress: Eat all your meals for a week using only a food stamp budget.
Congress makes decisions that effect all citizens living in the US. Often, they make decisions based on their own opinions and bias...not facts. This challenge will let them see how cutting food stamp dollars to the most vulnerable would be the wrong thing to do. Congress members think people on food stamps are living the good life.
I challenge all members of the House and Senate to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a week using only the budget that a food stamp recipient would have.
Congress, put your money where your mouth is!
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/06/21/senate-bill-brings-some-big-changes-to-farm-policy/
Why is this important?
Congress in Washington is making decisions that effect millions but it doesn't have any idea what the impact of those decisions are. Many in Congress want to eliminate the food stamp safety net for the working poor. Eating on a food stamp budget for a week would let them feel what poverty is really like. They need to realize that food stamp recipients are not living the easy life.