The very last thing we need to cut right now is WIC

[cali]

500 million from Wic at a time when child poverty is growing by leaps and bounds and increased Pentagon funding. It's sick and it's a damn shame to see a dem president supporting this.

[sunwyn]

1. It would be more humane to take the poor out and shoot them instead of the slow death they are being

dealt

[woodsprite]

2. I was wondering if that's why DE has a state advertisement

running saying "Breastfeeding: The first choice for the first state."

[JVS]

3. Rec'ed but still at 0

There are some stingy fuckers about.

[gratuitous]

4. So you're saying we should cut Planned Parenthood first?

This has been another edition of "What America says, what elected officials hear," brought to you by Balderdash, the exciting game of truth or fantasy that's fun for the whole family!

[cali]

9. no, i'm saying surely they could have found 500 million to cut from Defense

and preserved WIC

[gratuitous]

11. Well, sure if you're a rational human being, it's obvious

But in the Conventional Wisdom Echo Chamber, you say something like that and you might as well be talking Swahili for all the comprehension that will register. Beltway elites aren't dependent on WIC, but being the magnanimous people they are, if you think WIC is the last thing to cut "right now," they'll hear that you want to cut WIC funding (you don't, and neither does any sane person), just not right now. So if they cut something else first, then they can cut WIC and honor your request. 'Cause that just the way they roll.

[babydollhead]

5. WIC saved my children and me!

Cereal, milk, cheese, and for awhile, farmers market checks for $5.00 worth of produce.

[WatsonT]

6. I wonder how much our libyan adventure has cost to date

500 million or so?

[lob1]

8. I believe we ran up that amount in just 2 or 3 days.

[damntexdem]

7. Don't worry -- WIC is far from the last thing the Repukes want to cut.

And far from the last cut that spineless Dems are likely to go along with.

[democrank]

10. Please....think this one through.

The money for oil company tax breaks has to come from somewhere. You want those oil company executives to starve?