The cards my state used were specifically issued for the program and did not take fees out or require fees to use. They weren't like the prepaid debit cards you see floating around.
WIC was, and is, a great program that should be broadened, not cut back. I used it when raising my daughter, and loved it. You get real food, that people really eat, and it's hard to defraud the program. Even if you did, what of it? Someone gets a gallon of milk they aren't "entitled" to? Heaven forfend.
I was relying on an article I read 1000 years ago and my vague memory of the last time I was in a Food Lion. I have noticed WIC stickers in the dairy aisle but they are probably also on the kale. Which is how I probably missed them.
In PA we get a debit card...every time I shop I get a little printout of what I still have left... it took all the stigma of signing the checks and holding up the line away. I also have an ap to scan things on the shelf to see if it is WIC approved so I don't get to the register and find out I picked something up that is not covered...that helps
I would love to see the actual panic on their faces, that would be a "big brother" reality show I would relish watching. Steve and his C list movie actress wife quickly turning on each other realizing what living on $600 is actually like. It would break them, and it would be fun to watch the pieces fall.
If they REALLY wanted to eat, they would hunt and forage. But seriously, all scarcity in our modern world is only from greed. Humanity can house, cloth and feed everyone in this world, except for capitalism/greed.
What totally shocked me was that when a friend of mine was getting WIC benefits, less than 5 years ago, the program issued those stupid books of basically coupons for the items; if the items purchased with the coupon was less than the dollar value of the benefit, they lost the rest of the benefit since the entire "coupon" was relinquished. She did take as much advantage as she could as a working single mom of 2; earning more than minimum wage with a Masters degree.
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The cards my state used were specifically issued for the program and did not take fees out or require fees to use. They weren't like the prepaid debit cards you see floating around.
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I didn't know till I did pediatrics in med school but I grew up in Palo Alto and I was too cheap to pay attention.
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WIC checks were gone by 2011 or so in Texas. I got WIC when I was fostering my now-adopted daughter. I LOVED the program.
WIC was, and is, a great program that should be broadened, not cut back. I used it when raising my daughter, and loved it. You get real food, that people really eat, and it's hard to defraud the program. Even if you did, what of it? Someone gets a gallon of milk they aren't "entitled" to? Heaven forfend.
I was relying on an article I read 1000 years ago and my vague memory of the last time I was in a Food Lion. I have noticed WIC stickers in the dairy aisle but they are probably also on the kale. Which is how I probably missed them.
In PA we get a debit card...every time I shop I get a little printout of what I still have left... it took all the stigma of signing the checks and holding up the line away. I also have an ap to scan things on the shelf to see if it is WIC approved so I don't get to the register and find out I picked something up that is not covered...that helps
The concept of other is foreign to rethugs. In fact they probably want to see Others birth certificate
His limo never even went down that street, or any street like it.
I would love to see the actual panic on their faces, that would be a "big brother" reality show I would relish watching. Steve and his C list movie actress wife quickly turning on each other realizing what living on $600 is actually like. It would break them, and it would be fun to watch the pieces fall.
The maid/house assistants do Stevie's shopping for him. It may have been several decades since he was in a store with the "little people"
If they REALLY wanted to eat, they would hunt and forage. But seriously, all scarcity in our modern world is only from greed. Humanity can house, cloth and feed everyone in this world, except for capitalism/greed.
Maybe Republicans should read up on the French Revolution.
What totally shocked me was that when a friend of mine was getting WIC benefits, less than 5 years ago, the program issued those stupid books of basically coupons for the items; if the items purchased with the coupon was less than the dollar value of the benefit, they lost the rest of the benefit since the entire "coupon" was relinquished. She did take as much advantage as she could as a working single mom of 2; earning more than minimum wage with a Masters degree.