Something said earlier reminds me of Martha Mitchell in the '60s or 70s who decided she would duplicate the budget of a person receiving social assistance (welfare), If I remember correctly, she set out to show America that anyone could live on the SA payment. She told people how she bargain-shopped by driving to stores all over Washington, DC, and planned a healthy diet based around her purchases. She didn't factor in food or the fact that she used a car to get around. So f#ckin' blase it made me puke. People who have no idea about what poverty is ought to shut up about it. They just have no idea.

Bush was an idiot then and he's an idiot now.