Whatever happened to waiting until you can afford a kid to have one and if you can't afford one don't. I guess I'm too old to understand. It's welfare I don't care what you say.

Yeah, you could be correct. It could have been EBT approved instead of WIC. I will check the next time they have them, cause I think I may have misspoken.

I ain't gonna bet you though, I work too hard for my money for my brain-fartin head to get in the way.

We are currently on WIC. It is for my wife who is 21 weeks pregnant. I GUARANTEE you that it is not a loose run program. At most, she gets $40 a month of necessity items that promote health for her and the baby. It is a great program for Women Infants and Children (WIC). You wont be getting beer, cigs, or RACKS OF RIBS with it, I promise. Some people should insert their foot when their mouths decide to open before stupidity spills out. Some feet need slobber on them in this thread.

Income guidelines:

http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/howtoapply/incomeguidelines.htm

I'm sure I'm one of the individuals that you think should insert my foot in my mouth. I don't begrudge anyone on wic or food stamps. I do believe that many people abuse programs like wic and ebt and food stamps. I would much rather see wic and food stamps be short term low interest loans to be paid back when you get on your feet. I do believe in helping people but I also believe that people need to pay their own way. I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of crap for saying that but I've never gotten anything free in life and wouldn't want to.

It's not free. If you pay taxes then you have paid into the program.

Based on that answer I should just apply for my ebt card tomorrow. If you really think about it all of these entitlement and government aid programs are paid for by taxpayers as a whole, not just the person receiving it. There are lots of people with kids that get back more than they put in. How did they pay into those programs? And yes I know wic isn't ebt but its still a government handout at some level

From 2005-2012 I worked at a place that destroyed chemical weapons. Each of those 7 years, I worked HUNDREDS of hours of overtime each year, therefore paid 10's of thousands of dollars in taxes over those years. I saved enough money to afford to put myself through school and not work for a year and finish my degree. I am now looking for a job at an insane pace, laying tile on the side with my brother in law to make what money I can. Im sorry if I don't feel bad about my wife, who is a teacher, receives her $40 a month worth of fruits, veggies, milk.....and I wont feel bad when my baby is getting its formula, or at least part of it, from WIC.

You cannot put EBT and WIC on the same playing field. One is STRICTLY regulated and the other, well, I will save my opinion on it because I have never dealt with it.

Didn't ask you to feel bad, just trying to point out to Matt that there are plenty of people that haven't paid in any. If everyone used these programs as they are intended it wouldn't ruffle my feathers a bit but there is serious abuse that goes on within many government programs. They are supposed to be when you fall on hard times not a lifestyle choice. Jchan I wish you well with your job search.

If WIC is different from all the other gubment handout programs then it's the ONLY one that's different.

Calling people who want smaller government names for being critical of the program isn't right IMHO.

In Straycats case and a VERY few others I can see the use in the program.

However, my general stance on any government program is they suck and should be done away with. The reason we can't get rid of any program is because of people just like on here. They yell and scream about smaller government, but not if it affects me or mine.

Either you are for them or you are against them. There is very little wiggle room in between in my opinion.

You gotta look at the good it does and not the bad. I'm all for drug testing before you can get government aid. But there are always gonna be people that beat te system.