GOP Spending Priorities Begin to Come to Light: cuts to supplemental nutrition for women, infants and children (WIC)

essentialsaltes said:

Food aid for low-income mothers, babies becomes spending flashpoint​

Advocates and state administrators fear they may have to begin putting people on waitlists to receive WIC benefits if Congress doesn’t increase funding in January.

Unlike other federal nutrition programs, WIC funding has traditionally enjoyed bipartisan support, with Republicans and Democrats committed to ensuring every eligible mother and baby who applies for the program can receive benefits. That consensus is now fraying, with House Republicans pushing to pare back WIC spending this year, arguing tough cuts are needed across the government amid the nation’s mounting debt.

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dogs4thewin said:

Again, many of those people would whether the state stay out of that as they may feel that people/churches/charities are better at handling aid.

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dogs4thewin said:

Again, many of those people would whether the state stay out of that as they may feel that people/churches/charities are better at handling aid.

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dogs4thewin said:

It is, but I mean people on a smaller scale without the red tape that comes with government.

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Fantine said:

In the first place, weekly church attendance is around 30% of the population, and at least as high a percentage of the population is in the "nones" category.
In the second place, this article says only 13% of evangelicals tithe, and half give away less than 1% of their income.

Only 13% of evangelicals tithe, half give away less than 1% of income annually: study

While a majority of evangelicals say tithing giving 10 of one s income to the church is a biblical commandment, only an estimated 13 engage in the practice, while half give away less than 1 of their

www.christianpost.com

So I would call your wishes unrealistic rather than just optimistic.
How many Christians would take this "opportunity?"
Especially since at least 50% of regular churchgoers support the party that is trying to take away all the state services in the first place?

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