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No, that’s still sad for the exact same reason.
by tshaddox 5y ago
No, that’s still sad for the exact same reason.
- Kalium 5y agoHow so? As far as I can tell, this does not indicate that people can’t afford baby formula and diapers, quite important items. Instead the whole system works because the people who need them do have ready access to these vitally important items to keep their children safe, healthy, and happy because the WIC and Medicaid systems successfully perform their intended functions. I clearly have missed something.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> As far as I can tell, this does not indicate that people can’t afford baby formula and diapers It says that there is a significant enough segment of the market dependent on WIC to do so that it sets a price cap that drives market behavior enough to motivate sponsored theft by retailers as a means of keeping prices at a level that allow them to stay under the price cap of the WIC-dependent population. Which is exactly saying that a mass of people can't afford baby formula and diapers, at prices the market sets absent theft, even with existing public assistance for exactly that purpose.