The Utah Governor and a newspaper writer are taking the food stamps challenge
Salt Lake Tribune - Walsh: The Huntsmans and I take poverty challenge Some different numbers in these cases than the Oregon governor. The Utah governor, John Huntsman is getting $209 per week for his family of 8 (some of whom are foreign adoptees).
According to the averages, I'd get about $110/week to feed my family, $1.05 per person per meal. That's certainly towards the low end of what I spend. I think I could do it though. Of course, the total income would have to be less than $30,000 for us to qualify for food stamps. That puts lots of other problems in the mix.