tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231613159012686540.post7413320391440745784..comments2023-10-28T05:15:17.565-05:00Comments on Stout's Spontaneous Evolution: The government says "It's possible to live a healthy lifestyle on $40 of groceries a week"Stouthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11418365730817759619noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231613159012686540.post-8456809103727256342011-04-23T08:10:48.241-05:002011-04-23T08:10:48.241-05:00Anonymous: It was a news report that I tried to fi...Anonymous: It was a news report that I tried to find a link to through their web page but there wasn't any listed. The news report said "The government says families can eat healthy on $40 a week", so that's what I was going off of. I agree that $40 a person is much more realistic, although not much. And I hear ya on the Mountain Dew...it's one of the hubby's vices that will disappear when he's ready to let it go. I don't know the last time I drank pop.Stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11418365730817759619noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1231613159012686540.post-51779516747875161902011-04-19T09:43:04.612-05:002011-04-19T09:43:04.612-05:00You didn't link to the article so I can't ...You didn't link to the article so I can't say for sure, but I would guess they don't mean $40 per FAMILY per week, but $40 per PERSON. So your two-person family could live "healthy" for $80/week and you say that you usually spend $150 every two weeks. That's $75/week or $37.50/person. <br /><br />Not sure why you are so fired up about this and blaming the gov't. 99% of public employees (and surely the people that actually researched and WROTE this report) pay taxes and definitely do not live in ivory towers. Many don't even buy name-brand Ivory soap.<br /><br />There is a reason that goods and services are becoming more expensive while consumers feel like they have less money to spend on them. Surprise: It doesn't have anything to do with how much tax is taken from your paycheck. Average taxpayers tax burden continues to go DOWN. (Hint: Grocery goods are getting more expensive because it costs more to ship them to the grocery store. Oil companies continue to break annual profit records.)<br /><br />Also, minor point but Mountain Dew is not a part of anyone's healthy lifestyle. <br /><br />Finally, in the organic section there is cow's milk that is cheaper than the almond and soy that you quote. Organic has a legal definition that means it is not injected with all that "crap" you are worried about. Make sure you get the ultra-pasteurized because some of that "crap" they inject the animals with are antibiotics so ultrapasteurization will kill what the ABx couldn't. (And make it last longer in the fridge, tho sounds like you all go through milk faster than we do at our crib.) Horizon makes a tasty half-gallon that is less than $3/half-gallon.<br /><br />Happy Shopping!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com