This article is about the WIC program that is being cut off due to the government shutdown. This effects many women, children, and infants that need this service to provide for their family. The WIC program allows families to get free nutritional foods for their children and infants. These healthy food choices are expensive and not able to be purchased due to individual financial standings. On average formula milk cost $15 dollars a can and when you use more than 2 per day this can start to add up and be a problem as in most cases. I believe that for the government to be taking things away from the citizens shouldn't start with taking away nutrition from our children because they sure did not cut the prison systems food or the government officails pay. But America needs to know that each state will have different process. Georgia is saying that they will take on no new clients but will provide for their existing clients until their resources run out. But in places as Utah that have a safety net fund being used after the government cuts their WIC program. This also affects the workers of these Georgia WIC programs, who will be sent on a leave until the government gets things together. So in the end I feel that the government could have found a better program to cut other than this one because I dont see any good coming out of out of work employees, struggling parents, and unhealthy children.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/01/wic-shutting-down_n_4023284.html
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