Well here I am a married retire living on a mostly fixed income while trying to help my granddaughter by contributing a bit toward her college education. We shop Walmart twice a month with bills averaging $270.00 per visit of which about 180 are for eating stuff. Some hamburger, come fish, some chicken some sausage, lots of veggies, some coffee, some milk, eggs, cheese, yogurt, cottage cheese, and some bread. That comes to about $90 a week at Walmart with two small sized appetite seniors who like to prepare interesting stuff. I'm thinking those who claim they can do this and that for pittance are playing politics as am I.
Look anyone can make a pot of chili that works for 14 or 15 meals for about $4.00 for beans, $5.00 for burger, and about one twentieth of $50.00 for spices ($2.50). We do now and again and we refrigerate most of it for up to six months. I know a couple of older people who are on minimum SS who live off one soup for a week. They have to go to food banks, accept food script, and get a few bucks here and there from friends for the food they use this way. They do this because their SS is taken up with electrical bills, housing bills, heating bills, laundry bills, water bills, phone bills, gasoline bills, insurance bills, and the like. No booze, no cigs, no candy, tissues or cleaning goods, no movies, no bowling, no yard tools, or other things like pots, pans, dishes when needed nor blankets outside church charities.
Which of the items above are luxuries or anything but necessities?
