wells fractured in that area. kansas, oklahoma, texas, all of them. they manage the aquifer no problem. there is no i don t know of any case. i have fracked over 3,000 welled myself and we never damaged any aquifer or any water. aquifers occur almost always above 1,000 feet. freshwater is above 1,000 feet down in the earth. and you are down 5,000, 10,000, 15,000 feet fracturing here. chris: so you are saying one thing isn t going to get into the other. let me bring up the last obje t objection. i want to talk about infrastructure, too. chris: the recent drop in oil prices with the economic slowdown. take a look at this. in april, gas was $3.88 a gallon. now, it is $3.48 and there are projections by the end of the year we could be under $3. i don t have to tell you when
store to dictate your menu by buying what s on special. which may be chicken legs. which may not be flank steak, it may be beef chuck. it s understanding that you really have to think about in a different way and allow the store to drive what you re going to eat. part of your motivation for this is in congress the food stamp program is under siege. there are dueling proposals about how much to cut it and cut it very significantly. how do you cut $1.48 per meal. well, the proposal is somewhere between 20% and 30%. so i guess you re going to cut it between a quarter and 50 cents. i think what s more significant than the number is why we would be cutting anyway. it seems to me when 75% of the food stamps go to families with children, the idea of not investing in our human capital is perhaps the most preposterous of all ideologies. certainly not giving children enough food to come to fruit is what this county should stand for. in investing in our own people.
and celebrity chef mario ba tally is living on a food stamps budget for a week trying to raise awareness about potential cuts for the program. how do you cut $1.48 per meal? well, the proposal is somewhere between 20% and 30%, so i guess you cut it between a quarter and 50 cents. what s more significant than the actual number itself is why we would be cutting anyway? seems when we realize that 75% of the food stamps go to families with children and if you read only one thing this foodie friday, check out a great piece from usa today. are you ready for this? an astonishing 96% of main entrees sold in top chain restaurants exceed daily limit for sodium, calorie and fat. it s on our facebook page at facebook jooish my house is where plants came to die.
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for feeding people. what kind of things are going on in politics and what really makes it a great engine for our discussion is we have to think about what we re eating. that was celebrity chef mario batali on day four of the seven-day food stamp challenge. a hunger awareness campaign led by batali and for the food bank of new york city that encourages americans to try eating the equivalent of a food stamp budget which is $31 per person for the week. $1.48 per meal. today mario batali, his wife, and their two teenage sons are on their seventh and final day of the food stamp challenge. joining me now from one of his new york restaurants, mario batali. how is day seven going? how are you feeling? how hungry are you right now? well, i m looking forward to dinner in about 20 minutes, but