I prefer WIC over straight up foodstamps for helping those that need it...at least it specifies what foods are recieved and they can't get Coke and Oreos.
I hear there is a healthy trade in Baby Formula for many things including Coke.
WIC came in to being right about the time of Gerald Ford. Another program that started out as a
'pilot' program and took on a life of its own. Back in that era I worked for a
federally funded state controlled training and welfare to work (make work) program which mothers on WIC were eligible for. That could have been when the phrase "who's yer daddy" became popular along with the term shacking up and shack-let. Dads were free to 'do their own thing' which in my experience was mostly to hang out, drink and smoke dope.
Here is an amazing stat to think about:
[quoteThe WIC program provides aid recipients with checks, much like food stamps, that can be exchanged for certain foods. The foods allowed include cereal, juice, and other nutritious items essential to growing children's health.
45 percent of babies born in the United States get food aid from WIC. Read more: WIC Program - calcium, food, nutrition, deficiency, needs, body, diet, health, protein, nutrients, eating, vitamin, weight, vitamins, habits, History, How the Program Works
http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Smi-Z/WIC-Program.html#ixzz0zhc25f8j][/quote]
