More Congressional #PRFail: WIC Expands $2 Per Month

wicJust when you didn’t think it could get any worse, our elected officials sitting on their blessed assurance at Capitol Hill do the unthinkable. This time, they screw impoverished children and infants. After three decades, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) is finally investigating the handouts it provides.

After strong consideration, a policy has been enacted to increase the allowance for each child’s fresh produce by 30 percent. Before you applaud, Reuters did the math and shares this percentage turns out to be a paltry and shameful $2 each month.

Do you realize what that means for the nearly nine million unfortunate children living in poverty today? A pound of apples.

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