Ah the art student days....The craziest measures involved salvaging clothes by artistically sewing fabric over holes and eating cheap foods (Beef heart, canned mackerel, rice, homemade bread made with water, and lots of carrots). Baking soda for toothpaste. Checking dorm trash areas at semester's end for supplies. Now ...more

clarifications   socialism - government control of the means of production and distribution (consider these- what/how much farmers can grow, what doctors can charge Medicare recipients, property taxes on paid up housing, as well as how taxes are distributed)   social security - current taxes are paying for current ...more

When I was a poor art student in NYC, I usually didn't have cash, but I could share what food I had. I had a guy sneer at me when I gave him my last bit of cash once (it was change.) So I figured if people weren't willing to take food, they probably weren't on the up and up. After I got work and was a bit more flush I ...more