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The Hunger Artist
Do you remember Franz Kafta's haunting very short story "The Hunger Artist?" (Click here for an etext). I thought of it while Queens Council Member
Eric Gioia tried to live for a week on an average food stamp allotment of $28. Was it a publicity stunt? Well yes, but in a good cause. The cause, however, is in danger of getting lost.
As it turns out, the way food stamp allotments calculated has not changed in a long while leaving their value diminished and recipients on line at the food pantry. The progressive Fiscal Policy Institute has issued
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