Oregon Governor On Food Stamps

American Voices

April 26, 2007 | ISSUE 43•17

Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon is living on a budget of a week's worth of food stamps for the state's Hunger Awareness Week. What do you think?

Hopefully someone tipped him off to that deli in Portland that will totally let you use them to buy forties and scratch-offs.

Jarred Georgeson
Tavern Owner
Sounds wonderful! According to my pioneering guide, there is more than enough food in Oregon for the worthy adventurer, from plentiful beavers to succulent ducks

Darren Butler
Crop Duster
I'd hate to be an Oregonian when it's Transvestite Awareness Week.

Kristen Stewart
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