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To: Lane3 who wrote (820)	6/16/2005 6:33:04 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544164

well when I take the kids we buy the large refillable popcorn for 5.00 and I can feed all the kids (and friends) more than enough with that- I bring little paper bags for them to eat out of. Also, we have refillable cups we bought YEARS ago, and we can get any drink for 1.00 (46 ounces, I think, to our cups, which is really too much- all that sugar, if it's soda. So I might only buy one, and make two small kids split it). So though we buy food, it's very very cheap. :-)

To: Lane3 who wrote (820)	6/17/2005 12:33:30 AM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 544164

A number (more than I like to think of) years ago I looked into how the government calculated the poverty rate. Among the things I found was that the cost of dinners was calculated as the cost of a large hamburger (I forget what they called it then, but it was the big one), large fries, and a large drink at McDonalds. Eating at McD's for dinner every night was considered by these researchers to be the minimum expenditure for food. I don't know about anybody else, but I find that pretty sad. And I can feed a family of four a much more nutritious meal than that for a lot less money. Ah, government.