'Holiday shaming': Ezra Klein brings guilt to the Thanksgiving meal

But guilt is one of the Left’s favorite weapons! Before you lay out the gun control placemats and plan your Obamacare talking points for dinner Thursday, take a moment to think about how many food stamp meals your Thanksgiving feast could have purchased. That would be 35, by the way — if you assume Thanksgiving dinner costs $49.04, feeds one and provides no leftovers for future meals.

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Feeling ashamed yet? No?

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Why are some people so bothered that others work hard, save and have actual intact families to celebrate with? @RBPundit @ezraklein

— Bread N. Circus (@BreadNCircusUSA) November 26, 2013

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About those leftovers…

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Ours feeds 8 people 4 times. Do the math MT @ezraklein Average Thanksgiving dinner costs much as 35 foodstamp meals http://t.co/f1pXQhuMFx

— Rick Sheridan (@RickSheridan) November 26, 2013

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And don’t forget about churches and charities; that’s easy to do sometimes when government runs so much of our lives.

@RBPundit @ezraklein I bet 3.5 million turkey dinners are given away this week by private charitable groups.

— Brad Martin (@BradMartVB) November 26, 2013

Plenty of free Thanksgiving meals across the country @ezraklein The average Thanksgiving dinner costs as much as 35 food stamp meals

— nilgirian (@nilgirian) November 26, 2013

Today’s lesson?

@ezraklein So I'm supposed to feel guilty for being able to provide my family with a decent meal? You suck at life.

— Greg Chesser (@GregChesser) November 26, 2013