A 62-year-old Athens resident's challenge to politicians: live like me for a week or two
At the farmers market, a 62-year-old lifelong Athens resident told NPR that gas, utilities and groceries have become burdensome.
He said he wished politicians could spend 'a week or two living like I do.'
Ohio is now considered reliably Republican, but this election is a little different.
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Take
The week-or-two test is unfair as a policy audit but useful as a political one: it asks whether officials can recognize the arithmetic of a grocery bill.
Pushback
Recognizing the arithmetic is not the same as knowing what to do about it. A complaint at a market is a mood, not a manifesto.