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Grabbing food from mouths of babies

by Tim Wheeler via PWW

Fri, Nov 30, 2007 8:08AM

Friday, November 30, 2007 : Bush veto puts nutrition, home heating programs on chopping block WASHINGTON — This is the season for feasting and good cheer. But President Bush, like Ebenezer Scrooge, is waging a mean crusade to force more than half a million poor women, infants and children off the WIC nutrition program. The Coalition on Budget and Policy Priorities charged in a Nov. 27 report that Bush’s veto of an omnibus domestic spending bill Nov. 14 “could cause half a million low-income, pregnant women, infants and children to be denied nutritional benefits in one of the nation’s most effective programs.”

Zoe Neuberger, co-author of the report, decried Bush’s veto as “penny wise and pound foolish.” The WIC program “has a very, very strong track record” in providing vital nutrition to pregnant and lactating women and to children, she told the World. “There is a very large body of research documenting the health benefits, improved birth outcomes, reduced child anemia and better diets for the women and children enrolled in WIC.”

The report charges that WIC is the victim of Bush’s “guns over butter” budget priorities. “Given the level of funding being provided for the defense, homeland security and international appropriations bills, the amount of funding left within the president’s $933 billion limit for the eight domestic appropriations bills is $16.4 billion below the level provided 2007, adjusted for inflation,” said the report.

Bush proposed only $5.387 billion to serve the 8.28 million enrolled in the WIC program, far below the level needed to pay for sharply higher food prices. Bush’s proposal also did not factor in the rising demand for WIC as the economy worsens and unemployment rises.

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§Pure Bullshit

by nonya

Fri, Nov 30, 2007 4:13PM

What has Indy Bay become? Nothing but a mouthpiece for the fucking communist party. Tim Wheeler is nothing but a damn commie shill.

§open publishing

by cp

Sat, Dec 1, 2007 8:31AM

No. Tim Wheeler published that himself. The only editorial decisions made by the devoted volunteer staff is which topics to promote into center column blurbs. There is also some decisionmaking of what gets promoted into the local column, but largely they have guidelines for that. Two editors check whether it is a repost from a major media source vs. independent, and if it constitutes journalism. They worked out a deal where their 'local' stories are scanned by news.google, and google objected to vulgar material.

§Actually

by me

Sat, Dec 1, 2007 10:15AM

I reposted it.... but not because I am a big fan of the CPUSA but because I liked the article

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