Rep. Katie Porter Breaks Down the Budget of a WIC Family

[Rhiannon12866]

The American Rescue Plan makes it easier for low-income pregnant women and young kids to get nutritious food, but Rep. Katie Porter is concerned that families will go hungry again when this help expires in a few weeks.

Rep. Porter broke down how this aid is helping families—and how it still falls short.

[ck4829]

1. K&R

[MontanaMama]

2. Oh my goodness!

I am wiping away tears. Katie only put fruits and veggies in her cart and she shows how easy it is to go over budget. More of this Rep Porter! People need to see things like this. A single mother who finds herself pregnant has horrible decisions to make...Republicans don't give a damn once kids are born in terms of whether they eat or not.

[Diamond_Dog]

3. Agree 100%!

Most old, white, male, Congress critters have absolutely NO idea about this.
Bravo, Rep. Porter!

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Well said!

And another thing the "unborn" supporters fail to consider: expectant mothers need to be able to eat healthy, too!

[blm]

8. Porter is pure logic.

She and Warren break everything down to basic math that anyone can follow.

[AZLD4Candidate]

20. To quote Carlin: "Republicans want live babies so we can raise them to be dead soldiers

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[LakeArenal]

4. President Porter 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼

[Yorkie Mom]

9. I could get behind that!

[raging moderate]

11. Yes, President Porter! Please!

Oh, please! President Porter, ASAP!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread Rhiannon.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Thanks, Uncle Joe!

We could use 100 more just like her!

[Uncle Joe]

10. I agree,

I like Katie.

[rustysgurl]

12. Meat?

Milk? Eggs? Cheese? Cereal? Pasta? Rice?

How are these people surviving, even with the expanded program?

[AZLD4Candidate]

18. Why are people hunger in the "richest country in the history of the world?"

[Wild blueberry]

13. Couldn't love Katie Porter more!

She is such an eloquent speaker for us.
Thank you!

[AZLD4Candidate]

19. I love Katie Porter to death! Seriously, one of the best ones out there

She is one of my political idols.

[70sEraVet]

14. WIC has been a great program for struggling families

But when you talk about figures of ten bucks or so per mom or young child PER MONTH, it becomes a cruel joke!

[AllaN01Bear]

15. we can pay for "forever wars " along with their defense contractors ,

give filthy fat cat rich folk huge tax breaks where many pay little or no taxes at all and pay for little space ride toys where only the rich get to play with , etc and we cant keep this progam going?
when are they going to get rid of that fighter jet doonboggle ?

[Jopin Klobe]

16. The best thing that I can say about Rep. Katie Porter ...

... is that she's Rep. Katie Porter ...

... and she's a hell of a great human being ...

[AZLD4Candidate]

17. Kick them when they're down, kick them harder when you're defeated

Time for another tax cut for the rich.

[Lonestarblue]

21. We can spend $43 million on a useless gas station in Afghanistan and no one blinks.

The military cannot even account for how they waste around $2 billion per year, yet we can’t allow poor people to feed their families. Our priorities are screwed up.

[ZERTErYNOthe]

22. Bananas

Holy crap, that's a lot of bananas. I can't keep a bunch of 3 bananas from spoiling in 2 days ....

[Rhiannon12866]

23. Good point, when I was in the early grades, my mother often included an orange in my lunch

I never remember a banana, though we had them at home. We lived on the side of a mountain and occasionally my lunchbox fell open and the orange would go bouncing down the hill and into the road when I was descending to the bus. A banana would have been preferable, as a 7-year-old I was mortified.