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Hunger awareness program opens eyes in Arizona

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    Mayor attempts to live week on food stamps

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For the past week.

-- I've lived on.

Food stamps or least the amount of money that you get for food stamps with just 29 dollars in his pocket Phoenix mayor Greg Stanton was charged with shopping for a week's worth of meals.

I lost a few pounds this week so that gave the example I've probably got about four pounds.

During that period -- time.

On occasion I would skip a meal and just have a cup of coffee instead of a full meal and ordered to make it through.

As part of hunger awareness month it was on -- community action association asked the mayor and others to take the check out this is -- terrible economy.

A lot of people are living on food stamps that before were solidly middle class.

There are a lot of people that have a job but they're significantly under employed from what they used to.

FaceBook photos show the -- shopping he bought chicken pasta and on the new.

With the final -- of 28 dollars and thirty cents he says he was barely able to meet his nutritionally it's not really what I had to give up when what I'm used to it is.

You know the stuff that I loved.

Four -- or ice cream or potato chips none of them.

The goal -- the challenge was to make elected leaders and understanding -- decisions that affect people living in difficult circumstances.

I think it worked in that regard I think it will make it better policy maker.

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