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$200 in groceries
originally posted by: projectvxn
WIC is exactly the kind of welfare I'm all for because it goes directly to feeding kids and expectant mothers in need.
WIC isn't EBT or cash assistance, it's real help.
I highly recommend learning more about the WIC program before you start chastising those who benefit from it as lazy people who don't work...Because that's not how it works.
Never thought I'd see someone crapping on WIC.
originally posted by: projectvxn
a reply to: seeker1963
Anecdotes like this are not exemplary of a systemic failure.
originally posted by: projectvxn
a reply to: smkymcnugget420
In the Army, E-4 and below soldiers who start a family are immediately referred to WIC while the wife is pregnant, and thereafter because WIC is contingent on income and an E-4 soldier and below are seen as financially unable to meet all the necessary requirements.
Guess all those people are lazy bums who didn't earn it like you did right?
But a failure and an abuse of the system non the less?
provides Federal grants to States for supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition education for low-income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and to infants and children up to age five
Yall pay attention now. Added to what was said above...^^^ You have now worked 20 hours a week for at LEAST minimum wage, which can add to the ammount of Dollar$ you have for food. Win win.
originally posted by: smkymcnugget420
a reply to: IgnoranceIsntBlisss
$200 in groceries
yeah...for $200 PER WEEK in groceries AKA about $800 per month or around $10/hr.
and why not? odds are really high that if you on SNAP your also on section 8 for rent and medicaid for health insurance. i work my butt off for everything i have (groceries, rent and insurance are by far by biggest bills) and cant afford to go to the dr when i get sick, i can guarantee you they go to the dr for anything /everything... i know because half my friends are on it and do.
Serious question, why would you have children if the salary isn't high enough to care for them?
originally posted by: projectvxn
a reply to: seeker1963
But a failure and an abuse of the system non the less?
So what's your solution? Make poor people jump through more hoops?
There is waste in every system. The vast majority of people use WIC for its intended purpose. Just because you saw someone selling a block of cheese doesn't mean that incident scales across the program.
I'm not interested in the slippery slope fallacy with regard to WIC. It just doesn't have the waste problems of other government programs.
originally posted by: smkymcnugget420
a reply to: Edumakated
Serious question, why would you have children if the salary isn't high enough to care for them?
serious answer: It isn't really that expensive. i make the same as i did before my daughter was born (wife a stay at home mom) and their is no difference in my disposable income. shoot i even bought a new car
Cloth diapers, breastfeed... wheres the extra expense again? oh yeah that B/S college degree i'm supposed to start saving for