Wic.........

I'm not against anyone who truly needs benefits. I'm talking about people who abuse the welfare system. Just want to be clear here so no one things I'm trying to degrade them.

I wanted to respond this even though it's a bit old. I'm bored at work, and have been going through all these old posts lol.. But i thought about the WIC thing. I did get WIC with my first pregnancy. I was only 17, and living with my mother at the time. And that helped with the food a bit. My mom doesn't have a GREAT job so i wanted to help out a bit if i could. And continued with the WIC after Chyanne was born. Being a single mother waiting tables for 2.50 a hour just didn't cut it. I soon got a job in a casino once i turned 21, and started dealing cards. I then began to make to much money for any kind of assistance. Which was fine. We made out ok. This time around is a bit different. I am enaged to be married. Even thought the pregnancy was not planned, it was not NOT wanted. We are very excited, and will be wonderful to bring a baby into the family. Since it's my husbands first child of his own.

Like the other people here i have to agree with them. I thought about the WIC, and said you know i think we make pretty good money. For this area anyways. And we have sat down and talked, and we are going to get rid of the cell phone, and some of the other of the things we can live with out. To me it kinda makes me feel poor. Mostly cause i look at my friends, and see them raising 2, or 3 kids and have nice cars, house, and things that we can't. We are still renting a appartment because we can't afford a house payment. Or we don't have enough credit. It's tough, but when i think about what i'm giving all this up for it makes it worth it, and with love, and a family what more do you need?

i'm just curious as to what wic is exactly. it's some kind of food supplement? we get 81 dollars a month for extra food while i'm pregnant from a healthy baby program. if i go to their meetings every 2 weeks and sit through them i get a couple of milk coupons. i'm glad we get i the cheque because produce can be really expensive up here outside the growing seasons. other than that i get employment insurance (maternity benefits), which i paid into for years at my job so i guess it's not the same as social assistance. we're just really boring people so we don't go out much and we don't eat a lot of junk food. we don't have much but i still feel kinda guilty getting the help that we do. it just really surprises me that in the states, such a powerful and wealthy country, still has so many people struggling financially. of course that's all relative. if you look at africa or any other developing country they would salivate at how easy it is to just walk into any store and find literally tons of food and material goods. anyway, im totally rambling at this point....

I can't remember everything, but when i got it before i was getting Milk, cheese, peanut butter, eggs, juice, cereal ect for free. And once the baby was born i got all that, and formula, and once the baby was ready to have more than formula i got baby juice, and foods. They give you little packets, and print you out sheets with the free stuff on it.