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Related: About this forumRep. Katie Porter Breaks Down the Budget of a WIC Family
The American Rescue Plan makes it easier for low-income pregnant women and young kids to get nutritious food, but Rep. Katie Porter is concerned that families will go hungry again when this help expires in a few weeks.
Rep. Porter broke down how this aid is helping familiesand how it still falls short.
ck4829
(35,077 posts)MontanaMama
(23,319 posts)I am wiping away tears. Katie only put fruits and veggies in her cart and she shows how easy it is to go over budget. More of this Rep Porter! People need to see things like this. A single mother who finds herself pregnant has horrible decisions to make...Republicans don't give a damn once kids are born in terms of whether they eat or not.
Diamond_Dog
(32,002 posts)Most old, white, male, Congress critters have absolutely NO idea about this.
Bravo, Rep. Porter!
Rhiannon12866
(205,429 posts)And another thing the "unborn" supporters fail to consider: expectant mothers need to be able to eat healthy, too!
blm
(113,063 posts)She and Warren break everything down to basic math that anyone can follow.
AZLD4Candidate
(5,692 posts)LakeArenal
(28,819 posts)Yorkie Mom
(16,420 posts)raging moderate
(4,305 posts)Oh, please! President Porter, ASAP!
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)Thanks for the thread Rhiannon.
Rhiannon12866
(205,429 posts)We could use 100 more just like her!
Uncle Joe
(58,364 posts)I like Katie.
rustysgurl
(1,040 posts)Milk? Eggs? Cheese? Cereal? Pasta? Rice?
How are these people surviving, even with the expanded program?
AZLD4Candidate
(5,692 posts)Wild blueberry
(6,633 posts)She is such an eloquent speaker for us.
Thank you!
AZLD4Candidate
(5,692 posts)She is one of my political idols.
70sEraVet
(3,503 posts)But when you talk about figures of ten bucks or so per mom or young child PER MONTH, it becomes a cruel joke!
AllaN01Bear
(18,242 posts)give filthy fat cat rich folk huge tax breaks where many pay little or no taxes at all and pay for little space ride toys where only the rich get to play with , etc and we cant keep this progam going?
when are they going to get rid of that fighter jet doonboggle ?
Jopin Klobe
(779 posts)... is that she's Rep. Katie Porter ...
... and she's a hell of a great human being ...
AZLD4Candidate
(5,692 posts)Time for another tax cut for the rich.
Lonestarblue
(9,998 posts)The military cannot even account for how they waste around $2 billion per year, yet we cant allow poor people to feed their families. Our priorities are screwed up.
ZERTErYNOthe
(199 posts)Holy crap, that's a lot of bananas. I can't keep a bunch of 3 bananas from spoiling in 2 days ....
Rhiannon12866
(205,429 posts)I never remember a banana, though we had them at home. We lived on the side of a mountain and occasionally my lunchbox fell open and the orange would go bouncing down the hill and into the road when I was descending to the bus. A banana would have been preferable, as a 7-year-old I was mortified.