Rising food prices could see 500,000 poor cut from nutrition program

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Report: More money needed for food program

Published: Nov. 27, 2007 at 10:22 AM

WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A liberal Washington policy group warned of deep cuts in a nutrition program serving low-income women and children.

The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities said 500,000 people could be cut from the Women, Infants and Children program, known as WIC, USA Today reported Tuesday.

Food prices have spiked and WIC caseloads have risen since U.S. President George Bush proposed spending $5.4 billion to serve 8.3 million people next year, said Bob Greenstein, the center's executive director.

WIC's caseload has increased to 8.5 million and food prices have risen, meaning the proposed spending would cover fewer than 8 million people next year, Greenstein said.

The Department of Agriculture, which oversees the program, said a supplemental appropriation could be sought or people could apply to other food programs, department spokeswoman Jean Daniel told USA Today.

"We look at this very carefully on a regular basis so that we're able to avert just these kinds of situations," Daniel said. "There are options."

How the hell can that be?

It's happening, and for those just scraping by, gas is up, food is up, the dollar is becoming increasingly worthless, it's expensive to live in the US now.

From USDA 2006 report:

They can just keep the allotments where they are and that will do the trick just fine.

We need all the money to kill more brown people folks. Look to the heroic deeds being done by our fine troops.

Just think if we all just went without a smidgen more we could kill just that many more brown people.

Sacrifice for America today! (of course us rich people will continue to do just fine)