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Re:Calorie per Dollar List – Eat for 21 Dollars a Week by mactrey on Friday May 24, 2019 @12:58PM (#20003398)
Doesn't the UK have something equivalent to TANF/food stamps?
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Re:Calorie per Dollar List – Eat for 21 Dollars a Week by Veen on Saturday May 25, 2019 @12:32PM (#20009898)
Yes, it has social security benefits. They aren’t especially generous but they’re a lot more than £5 a week (plus unemployed people can usually get a significant chunk of their rent paid).
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Re:Calorie per Dollar List – Eat for 21 Dollars a Week by rikkus on Sunday May 26, 2019 @04:49AM (#20013878)
Unfortunately it doesn’t quite work like that. What’s left after rent and bills can be close to zero.
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