http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/05/21/wic-killing-children-with-kindness/
WIC: Killing children with kindness
By Michael Hampton
Posted: May 21, 2007 3:20 am
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The United States Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children, commonly known as WIC, distributes vouchers for food for low-income families. Among the food distributed is about half the infant formula in the entire U.S. According to a study from the University of Hawai’i, WIC’s distribution of infant formula not only distorts the market for infant formula, it puts these infants at risk of illness and death.
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Unfortunately, like many federal aid programs administered by the states, WIC has a vigorous lobby group — National WIC — made up of the thousands of state and local government officials that run the program.
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Isn’t that the usual standard for a gooferment program?
It doesn’t work. It actually harms those it seeks supposedly to help. Turns out to be a welfare program to some business or another, maybe even a industry. And, is protected by a huge lobby of gooferment bureaucrats that it supports.
And, you — the reader; yes, you, on the otherside of the glass! — defend this gang of thugs that is killing poor children in your name. with your money?
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Clarifying update at 2007.05.22 0730 edst
The original wording made it seem that the author Michael Hampton was the “you” in the phrase “you defend”. That’s one way for reading it; certianly not how I meant it. Considering he wrote the expose, it doesn’t make sense to take it that way. But once again, I have demonstrated the principle that two people can read the same text and often come away with many different meanings.
Reinke Faces Life 
It really kills me that people will take a program like WIC and claim how ‘the goofernment’ is wasting and abusing tax dollars. If anyone has ever had anything to do with raising child or know people of middleclass who have children; and, have to buy formula for a baby; or, have to decide whither to buy clothes (which are expensive) or food; you know WIC is a very useful and needed program. I work at a WIC clinic and I see the mothers and the babies and the children everyday. Sure, people abuse the system; show me a congress person who doesn’t abuse the authority! Gooferment, if this is how you “goof-off”; keep it up.
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Thank you for your comment. I’m a little L libertarian; so I urge people to avoid the gooferment at all costs. Sad fact of life today is that the gooferment has taken over the “charitable work” of the Churches, Fraternal Organizations, and extended families. And we are the worse off for it. Your experience doesn’t surprise me.
As a matter of policy, to prevent spamming and drive bys, I wait to “approve” comments until I confirm there is a real person on the other end of the wire. Amazing what lengths spammers will go to gain “credibility”.
Thanks,
fjohn
the big fat old turkey hisself
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My body for whatever reason does not produce enough breastmilk to breastfeed. As for WIC, they pushed breastfeeding so hard on me that my first daughter ended up in the ER from dehydration before they would give me formula vouchers. That was in 2000. With my younger two, they now just let women choose without the pressure. However, WIC offers those high-grade heavy blue electric breastpumps and full access to a public health nurse and lactation consultant FOR FREE for women who choose to breastfeed. While WIC may be paying for a lot of formula, they are ABSOLUTELY NOT anti-breastfeeding! I’ve used WIC with all three of my children and it is a wonderful resource if one chooses to use the health services available. They offer the above, plus nutritional counseling and vaccinations/flu shots, all for free. Some areas also have farmer’s market vouchers for fresh produce.
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I breastfed all 3 of my children. Unfortunately, 2 of the 3 had milk allergies. I had to stop breastfeeding them because of this. The formula I had to buy was $16-$20/can (depending on where I purchased it). WIC helped me to be able to afford to provide the formula they needed without being broke and not being able to provide in other areas.
Someone had commented on nurses “pushing” WIC on people and promoting formula feeding. I am a nurse and I can tell you that I do neither. I feel that breastfeeding is the best but it is also a woman’s right to choose. As for us supposedly pushing WIC on people, we don’t. We want EVERYONE to be informed of the services that can be provided in the instance that they need to use them. It is better for us to let our patients know there are services available than for a child to go without!
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I sure as hell don’t defend them.
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