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underpants

(195,650 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2026, 06:31 PM Jan 20

Awesome! (X & text) We can have SNACKS now!!...$15.64 a day [View all]

"We had run almost 1,000 simulations, and between $3 and $4 is a fair number if you can have access to that food. I just saw new numbers that were run: a full day, meaning 3 full square meals and a snack, is about $15.64."

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Awesome! (X & text) We can have SNACKS now!!...$15.64 a day [View all] underpants Jan 20 OP

Daily food stamp allowance, for those eligible, is usually around $6 per day. Midnight Writer Jan 20 #1

5 days ago meals were $3 a pop. So we get $6.64 snack now??!?? underpants Jan 20 #4

That's doable if you make it all yourself and use cheap stuff bought in bulk AZJonnie Jan 20 #2

Ok, is she talking per person in whatever imaginary family her department is mwmisses4289 Jan 20 #3