Now one of the polititions here in NY State is hosting a fund raiser in the cityof Albany for 600 dollars a plate of food. All I can say is it better be gold plated or leafed. That is alittle much for a fundraiser when the unemplyment lines are still getting longer and people that have lost thier benifets. Now I can show folks what to do with an extra 600 dollars in my pocket. I got good deals last night at the grocery store. Ended up walking out for 20 dollars and some change and 5 bags of stuff. And there are at least 4 days of meals off of what I got also. What I would love to see around with the Government here in NY State is to live off of 1200 dollars a month for 6 months and see where they all get. Got the feeling that most woulden't get very far off of that and no medical on top of it. I would end up laughing if that all happend. Gee no prime cuts of beef off 1200 a month. Anyway now I know that alot of us have been liveing off of the 1200 if not a bit more or less. We all manage to get food and other things for the households. Pluss pay all the bills off of that much. What gets to me is that there is alot of burger and chicken in my household. Every so often yes I do get pork when it is on sale at the stores. Pluss I get the cheaper cuts of beef. Like it matters after I throw it into the crock pot and it cooks for about 10 hours also. Now around here one of the local news stations have been running the deal of the day segments. Well I can say that I have found some better deals than they all have. The good deals are not hard to find you just have to dig them up off the net and or over at your favorite stores. This is why there are the bargin and clearence racks and shelves. I have picked up a window fan for 4 dollars normally they run about 30 dollars for what I picked up. Ok folks have fun and play hard.