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Wait, What? HALF of Infants in the U.S. Are on WIC?!
PJMEDIA ^ | 5/16/2022 | ATHENA THORNE

Posted on 05/16/2022 8:43:51 PM PDT by bitt

One shocking fact that has come to light as the nation wrestles with a baby formula shortage is that half of U.S. infants receive WIC (federal food assistance).

According to the USDA website, “The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) 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 5 who are found to be at nutritional risk.”

“WIC serves 53 percent of all infants born in the United States,” the USDA proudly tells us.

That one in two American babies is deemed eligible for public assistance is an incredibly distressing third-world level of economic failure. What in the world is going on?

For starters, a disastrous 40% of babies in the United States are now born out of wedlock. In addition, around 39% of marriages will end up in divorce. This makes for a lot of single-parent households — one of the strongest predictors there is for financial struggles.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: baby; food; infants; us; wic
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To: irishjuggler

Welfare and SSD rules allow “one vehicle”.

No limitations on value, age, or.....{{{gasp}}} “greeness” aka fossil fuel efficiency.


21 posted on 05/16/2022 9:06:55 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Varsity Flight

The “Great Society Act” was one of the greatest misnomers or Trojan Horses of all times.


22 posted on 05/16/2022 9:08:23 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Jane Long

Both of my kids were on WIC in the early 80’s I made oh 3.50 or so working at a hospital in northern MN. It helped a lot, kids wore cloth diapers too.


23 posted on 05/16/2022 9:09:28 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: bitt

I recently found out in WA State. A couple with one child with parents making $35k a year, are eligible for $1300 a month in good stamps, in addition to other benefits, like completely free healthcare.


24 posted on 05/16/2022 9:10:12 PM PDT by ThisLittleLightofMine
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To: bitt

Of course about half because they are catch-and-release illegals given work-permits, WIC, and more. Our country has been overrun and people are not realizing it—illegals from the south and cheap labor from India. Americans are now second place, pushed aside (and allowing it) much like a frog sitting in a warming pot of water.


25 posted on 05/16/2022 9:10:31 PM PDT by Reno89519 (FJB. Respect America, Embrace America, Buy American, Hire American.)
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To: irishjuggler

I went to the live seafood store one day last year and saw a carload of youths ahead of me pay for a lot of live dungeness with ebt cards and get in their Mercedes SUV and drive away.


26 posted on 05/16/2022 9:39:44 PM PDT by 31R1O
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To: bitt

My wife had breasts. No need for WIC. Post breasts we bought whole milk when our son could use such.


27 posted on 05/16/2022 10:03:14 PM PDT by cpdiii (CANE CUTTER-DECKHAND-ROUGHNECK-OILFIELD CONSULTANT-GEOLOGIST-PILOT-PHARMACIST )
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To: bitt

I was checking Amazon to see if formula is available and at what price. Apparently it is available, and the price I saw was about $3/8oz bottle. For a baby that needs 5x4oz/day that’s about $7.50 per day or roughly $225 per month. That’s just formula for one baby. I could see where many young couples might struggle with the costs of caring for their little ones. Yet it does not seem like price or availability is exactly cataclysmic so far. I’ll be keeping an eye out.


28 posted on 05/16/2022 10:10:05 PM PDT by unlearner (Si vis pacem, para bellum. Let him who desires peace prepare for war.)
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To: bitt

Womb to tomb


29 posted on 05/16/2022 10:20:10 PM PDT by Az Joe (Biden is the enemy, not Putin.)
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To: bitt

What percentage are illegal aliens?


30 posted on 05/16/2022 10:34:01 PM PDT by Trillian
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To: bitt; Impy; BillyBoy; GOPsterinMA; NFHale; LS; campaignPete R-CT; AuH2ORepublican; Clemenza; ...

Watch what will happen to our society when the illegitimacy rate amongst Whites reaches the level it is for Blacks. That will be the final collapse. That is the plan.


31 posted on 05/16/2022 11:31:13 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: bitt

It’s stunning. And breast milk is free. And a superior product by far.


32 posted on 05/17/2022 12:10:36 AM PDT by olivia3boys
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To: Johnny Rockets

White women are not having as many babies as black and brown women.


33 posted on 05/17/2022 12:12:01 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: fieldmarshaldj

They’re working on it. Already happening in Appalachia.


34 posted on 05/17/2022 2:08:19 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (All Hail the MAGA King, beloved of Ultra MAGAs and Deplorables!)
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To: bitt

FedGov’s insidious incursion ever more deeply into American daily life is on full display with this one.

Personal responsibility has, apparently, died. And, that spells disaster for this nation.


35 posted on 05/17/2022 2:54:21 AM PDT by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion. The Dhimmicraps are ALL Traitors. All of them.)
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To: bitt
This makes sense when you understand that the WIC program is not intended to help poor families. It’s designed to subsidize the nation’s food producers and grocery store chains.

If they could get away with it, they’d make families earning up to $1 million per year WIC-eligible.

36 posted on 05/17/2022 3:07:37 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("It's midnight in Manhattan. This is no time to get cute; it's a mad dog's promenade.")
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To: bitt

Idiocracy was a prophetic documentary of the future.


37 posted on 05/17/2022 3:30:04 AM PDT by mikey_hates_everything
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To: Johnny Rockets
Utter nonsense. The sexual revolution of the 60s drove a dagger through the heart of America, viz. the home. Formerly, we admired June Cleaver. Later, that commie whore jane fonda became the spokesperson for young women.

This is the result.

You joined two days ago and post that kind of crap?

38 posted on 05/17/2022 3:36:47 AM PDT by LouAvul
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To: Nifster
Not the reason

Lot's of smart, educated people that can afford to have kids aren't, while those that aren't, are, and in greater numbers. The basis of the movie "Idiocracy".

39 posted on 05/17/2022 3:42:53 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: bitt

How many of those are illegals and/or their young relatives outside of the country?


40 posted on 05/17/2022 3:56:22 AM PDT by fruser1
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