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

[essentialsaltes]

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.

 

[A2SG]

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.

I suppose one benefit of a republican being elected next year would be that we'll stop hearing about the debt for a while.

-- A2SG, because "deficits don't matter".....

 

[JustOneWay]

Funny....they demand all pregnancies are birthed alive but do not want to help support those babies and their mothers.

 

[dogs4thewin]

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 ...

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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?

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.

 

[JustOneWay]

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.

I always thought that the government was comprised of people; is this not true?

 

[dogs4thewin]

I always thought that the government was comprised of people; is this not true?

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

 

[iluvatar5150]

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.

Those people are clueless.

 

[Desk trauma]

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

They are already free to form charitable groups to give aid to those in need. If it's more effective people will likely chose that over the government options.

 

[FireDragon76]

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?

Once you exclude giving to religious institutions, Christians in the US aren't really any more charitable than anybody else, perhaps less so.