A truely novel idea would be to feed yourself and your offspring with your own money.
WIC disgusts me. On so many levels. Its disgusting the amount of pure fraud I see with it daily. And its seen as a right...people ask about it and refer to it like its a given you will have it.
When I was pregnant, everyone asked me if I was going to apply for wic (probably because I am young and unmarried)..and by everyone I mean even the docs office, friends etc. I quickly disabused them of the notion that I would be unable to feed myself and my child...and further let it be known that to use WIC should be a straight up disgrace. I don't care who it offends, frankly.
I work my ass off to feed myself and my child and give us a home..anyone who does less doesn't deserve my respect. I'm bitter about it because I see every single day people who have multiple children and live off the state while I work hard. I am not envious of them, because I have self respect and dignity..but it is incredibly frustrating and disheartening. Giving away excess WIC is nothing compared to the selling of the food stamp cards, the getting formula and then selling it on craigslist, the saving money by not paying the smeco bill and waiting for energy assitance to kick in, the deliberate not getting a job, the using medicaid to get pills to sell and/or use and worst yet, the flaunting of it all. I may have a diff perspective because of my age..I see this fraud every day among people I went to school with. I used to believe that users and abusers were in the minority..I do not believe that to be true anymore...just look at the pic int he OP..that woman has no idea how scummy and disgusting she looks. NO CLUE.
Makes me physically ill to even think about.