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bell_flower
More explanation:
"WIC benefits include a book of “checks,” or vouchers, for specific foods, to be used at specific stores, while SNAP provides money for food in general, at a variety of stores and even, in some states, restaurants. WIC checks are so complicated to use that my husband and I have never managed, between the two of us, to make it through the checkout process at a grocery store without encountering some sort of problem. Right brand, wrong type of bread–“Yes, you did get the 12 grain bread last time, but that was in December. Now, it’s a new year and we only allow the Whole Wheat from that brand.” If we don’t get everything that’s been printed on the check, or if the store is simply out of stock, then we are out of luck. Nothing organic is allowed. Keep in mind that we are over-educated, native English speakers, and we have a really hard time navigating this process. When my therapist asked me why WIC made me feel angry, infantalized and humiliated, I showed her the booklet explaining which foods we are and are not allowed to get. She made several mistakes trying to understand the first two pages."
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bell_flower
ETA: I'm not opposed to having a societal safety net. What's infuriating to me is the discrimination in benefits toward single childless or childfree people. Agencies should be bending over backward to assist single/childless/childfree people because: 1. they are smart enough to have avoided breeding; 2. they are more likely to use the help to improve themselves and actually pay back into the system some day, unlike serial breeding critters who beget generation upon generation of future welfare parasites.
And if you are undocumented, you need to be shown the border and you don't get anything. It's not heartless--it's economics. And I'll also add that I believe society has an obligation to assist the sick, disabled and elderly and those who cannot work. These are not chosen conditions like breeding.
If I ran the world, people without children, the disabled and sick would be first in line. (Followed by the elderly who are no longer capable of working.) Have a kid you cannot afford or are here undocumented, and you get nothing. And birth control and abortion would be free. And while I do have a Libertarian leaning in some of my personal politics, I depart from them when they start spouting that nonsense that Government shouldn't "fund personal choices" or "pay people to fuck," i.e fund birth control or abortion.
We have 7+ billion people on this rock. It should be evident to anyone who has a brain that humans fuck, many times without thinking.
Humans have fucked since the beginning of time and will continue to fuck until the end of time, regardless of how many parameters society wants to put on fucking. Remove the moral judgments and just pay for the contraception. If you want to get your panties in a wad because you think it's "paying people to fuck," think of it this way: You are paying to remove a future felon from society. Because the last thing we need is shitty parents and more unwanted kids.
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bell_flower
And while I do have a Libertarian leaning in some of my personal politics, I depart from them when they start spouting that nonsense that Government shouldn't "fund personal choices" or "pay people to fuck," i.e fund birth control or abortion.
We have 7+ billion people on this rock. It should be evident to anyone who has a brain that humans fuck, many times without thinking.
Humans have fucked since the beginning of time and will continue to fuck until the end of time, regardless of how many parameters society wants to put on fucking. Remove the moral judgments and just pay for the contraception. If you want to get your panties in a wad because you think it's "paying people to fuck," think of it this way: You are paying to remove a future felon from society. Because the last thing we need is shitty parents and more unwanted kids.
Re: Does Whole Foods accept WIC? September 17, 2018 | Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 132 |
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freya
Or those who have WIC can just look for 15 seconds in the store sections they qualify for as all the WIC items are clearly marked WIC approved and have been for years in WA, KS and OK at least. Stores have worked out the confusion for them.