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hi all,

i've been having computer problems so i have not been able to thank you folks

sooner for the suggestions comments and advice. if i had more free time i would

start

a large scale protest action on this issue but i am focusing on improving my

personal economic situation and can not do so. thanks again!

Doh! <dohdriver wrote:

> Hembadoon Foluke <ayiti_cherie

> wic

>

> (snip) ... i am of modest

> means and i currently receive food stamps and i was thinking of applying for

> wic. with a little research i was disappointed to find out that that wic does

> not

> allow soymilk due to the fact that they consider it nutritionally inferior to

> cow's milk even though soymilk is fortified with vitamin D, B12 etc. i found

> this particularly interesting because, coreect me if i'm wrong, wic does allow

> soymilk formula. (snip)

 

Welcome to gov't subsidy. Yep, the WIC program allows for soy formula but

not soy milk. Soymilk is assumed to be a choice, and when you're on

government assistance, as you've already found, " choice " is considered a

luxury. You could try writing a protest letter, but you'd be doing it just

for the sake of doing it, since that won't change the program (I happen to

know).

 

If you can get a doctor's note saying you're allergic to dairy, they'll let

you have soymilk. it has to be a medical concern.

 

Take it for what you can, veggies and juice.... Apply for foodstamps

(separate program).

~Doh

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Taking into account the public's regrettable lack of taste, it is incumbent

upon you not to fit in.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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