Actively rooting for food stamp/WIC to expire overnight

It's one thing to root for food stamp reform. Few things in life are more frustrating than being in line behind somebody at the store buying a bunch of junk food and soft drinks with a food stamp card.

But actively rooting for food stamps and WIC benefits to expire next month seems pretty heartless and questionable, WIC especially...

The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) serves four main groups: pregnant women, postpartum women, infants, and children up to age 5.

Based on WIC participation data, a majority of the participants are children and infants:

Children (Ages 1-5) and Infants typically make up about 70-75% of all WIC participants.

For example, a USDA report on WIC eligibility for calendar year 2020 showed that:

Total Children (Ages 1-4): accounted for about 52.8% of all participants.

Infants (Under age 1): accounted for about 24.5% of all participants.

...Here's the data for food stamps:

Based on data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service for fiscal year 2023, children accounted for about 39 percent of all Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants (formerly known as food stamps).

...How do you punish lazy and sorry parents who are shitty with money? There are basically two options – take their welfare beneifts away or take their children away and put them in foster care?

Neither is the answer. I don't know what the answer is. It's complicated, basically. But, actively rooting for food stamps and WIC to expire next month and for their to be chaos sure as frick isn't the answer.

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