Liberty Belle said:I agree with Red Robin and Mike. I know lots of these welfare WIC recipients and there isn’t ONE of them who need ANY help from the government or from any one else, for that matter.
One of the closest to us is a young ranch couple, who drive the biggest brand new SUV they could find, have a new pickup, camper and boat they take to the lake sixty miles from here every weekend in the summer.
They also have a huge plasma TV, a trampoline for the kids, and always decked out in pretty classy duds. And they are just one of many young couples living near us that are living the same lifestyle and stopping at the WIC office for their handout every time they are in town.
Maybe you can tell me why I should be buying groceries for these leaches?
We raised six kids, drove old vehicles, dressed the kids in hand-me-downs they were tickled to get, milked a cow, raised chickens for the meat and the eggs, and I made most of our clothes while my husband sheared sheep and carpentered to supplement our ranch income.
Would we have qualified for WIC and food stamps? Darn tootin', most ranch familes would because of the way the system is set up, but we did this because it was all we could afford on our own and we would have starved to death before we asked the taxpayers to pay our bills.
Our children were raised to know it was shameful to be on the dole and not one of them would ever consider taking welfare, regardless of the circumstances they might find themselves in.
I think it's high time that people once again take responsiblity for themselves and their familes or lose those kids to someone who will take care of them.
Ok first off if they are making 40,000 dollars a year they are not qualifying for wic unless they have a ton of kids.
Second of all it's a sad day for South Dakota when they have elected someone to office that thinks that it's better to take kids away from families then to help the family unit stay entact.
I wonder what your voters would think of that?? Oh right my mistake how you are moving on is nobody was running against you in the next electoral phase..............
I cannot believe those of you here at ranchers think it's better to take kids away from their parents then to help throught government programs! What is wrong with you people??????