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Subject: Re: Re: Extent of hunger in America
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Date: Fri, 18-Oct-85 11:11:00 EDT
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>> An *egg* only costs a dime; at *minimum wage*, it embodies
>>100 seconds of work; it provides enough protein for some hours

[josh]
> Forget even that--dried dog food, for example, will provide you
> with a fully balanced diet of good healthy stuff for a few cents 
> a day.  I've eaten it, out of curiosity--it's palatable enough,
> if you're hungry.

You are quite right, and it gives my conclusion another margin of
error  of  at  least a decimal order. One or two such margins are
already built into my argument. The reason I didn't use your  ex-
ample  is  not  just  because  I'd  never got around to taste dog
bisquits (but I bet I've eaten worse, out of necessity, in  other
times  and  places),  but mostly because I anticipated a spate of
articles from very compassionate people (who have  never  seen  a
hungry person in their lives), all wittily entitled "Let Them Eat
Dog Food".
			Jan Wasilewsky