Paul Ryan hates white babies. He hates babies in all other colors too, but since the majority of babies, infants and toddlers who get fed via the Women, new girl talk album Infants and Children program ( WIC ) are statistically listed as white by our government, my assertion is justifiable when talking about babies who didn't get born from elite wombs.
Ryan and his conservative contingent of cads want babies to go hungry, while he promotes more tax pork for the wealthy. His "Path to Prosperity" plan should more aptly be named "The Ryan Path to Poverty."
They want millions of babies, infants and pregnant moms to go hungry. During new girl talk album Fiscal Year (FY) 2010, the number of women, infants, and children receiving WIC benefits each month reached approximately 9.17 million. For the first 8 months of FY 2011, States reported average monthly participation just below 9 million participants per month. In 1974, the first year WIC was permanently authorized, 88,000 people participated. By 1980, participation was at 1.9 million; by 1985, 3.1 million; by 1990, 4.5 million; and by 2000, 7.2 million. Average monthly participation for FY 2008 was approximately 8.7 million.
Children new girl talk album have always been the largest category of WIC participants. Of the 9.17 million people who received WIC benefits each month in FY 2010, approximately 4.86 million were children, 2.17 million were infants, and 2.14 million were women. Ryan has three children Elizabeth Anne, Charles Wilson and Samuel Lowery. Romney has five Taggart, Matthew, Joshua, Benjamin and Craig.
They had the privilege of never knowing hunger as infants. Those born without that privilege new girl talk album are scapegoated and targeted. You would think that being a parent would give them some empathy for other parents, and children, but it is clear that "empathy" is not a word, or ideal in the Republican lexicon. Unless it applies to eggs and fetuses.
Right now the media is awash in stories about rape and Republican insanity forcing women to give birth all under their banner of touting life. This of course is rank hypocrisy writ large. You cannot be "pro-life" if you don't give a damn about the lives of the living.
I remember George Carlin's words on this: Boy, these conservatives are really something, new girl talk album aren't they? They're all in favor of the unborn. They will do anything new girl talk album for the unborn. But once you're born, you're on your own. Pro-life conservatives are obsessed with the fetus from conception to nine months. After that, they don't want to know about you. They don't want to hear from you. No nothing. No neonatal care, no day care, no head start, no school lunch, no food stamps, no welfare, no nothing. If you're preborn, you're fine; if you're preschool, you're fucked. I miss George Carlin.
There are films , books and organizations addressing these issues, but unless we have a Congress willing to confront them, instead of taking food away from those who need it most, nothing will change.
Infants are particularly vulnerable. They can t go out and scrounge for food. Paul Ryan is the architect of a plan to introduce massive cuts to food assistance programs including the one that feeds babies.
I m one of those people with no kids. But I was a kid 60 years ago. When times were rough, growing up, my mom often apportioned the larger share of limited food in the house to me and my kid brother. There was no WIC or SNAP program then.
I got an education about child hunger in America new girl talk album (rather than just globally my mom would say, "Eat all your vegetables ... there are children starving in Europe, Africa, Latin America" etc.) when in the late 60s I worked daily feeding kids in the Black Panther and Young Lords free breakfast for children program.
These days, when I go food shopping at my local supermarket, I stand in the checkout line and observe. My working-class neighborhood in upstate New York is mostly white. new girl talk album The young women in line ahead of me have toddlers in the shopping cart seat. Some are pregnant, new girl talk album or have an infant in a backpack. new girl talk album They all hand the checker a WIC EBT card/or voucher.
I see the food items they are allowed to get. It's good to see whole wheat items, fresh fruits and veggies being purchased. But at a time when the need for WIC is expanding, Republican legislators new girl talk album demand cuts to food programs.
How deep those cuts will be is not yet clear, since the budget for WIC and SNAP are part of the Farm bill , and we are nearing the Sept. 30 deadline new girl talk album for its re-authorization, which may have to be extended.
Why disposable diapers instead of reusable cloth ones? new girl talk album While cloth diapers may save money in the long term, they require an initial investment of money and time that many low-income families can t afford. To use cloth diapers a family must either hire a diaper service at a monthly charge or have reliable access to laundry new girl talk album facilities. Also, most laundromats prohibit the washing of cloth diapers in their machines for sanitary r
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