McArdle: Poor Will Not Eat Their Tax Rebate. Or Will, But Shouldn’t. Or Something. from Roxanne - @ Rox Populi 25 Jan 2008 4:56 pm
There is, on the other hand, a lot of evidence of obesity among the poor; their obesity rate is estimated at 36%, and the obesity rate among poor children seems to be about twice the rate among non-poor children. The poor people are eating more calories than they need. Yet we propose to stimulate the economy by giving the poor money that can only be spent on more food.
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There. I just added something more interesting to the overarching discussion than Mary-One-Note did.
BTW: I'm not poor by any stretch of the imagination (unless you use the Aravosis metric) and I plan on spending 100% of my tax rebate on non-vegan, non-healthy food.