Wisconsin Republicans are following through with their plan to be the cruelest state in the nation when it comes to the way poor people are treated.

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This is horrifying and gross, because the list includes:

• Cranberry sauce and pie filling. (Poor people can forget about making dessert for Thanksgiving dinner.)
  
• Creamed vegetables
  
• Baked beans
  
• Pickles
  
• Pork and beans
  
• Frozen veggies that come in packages featuring pasta, nuts, rice, cheese, or meats
  
• French fries and hash browns
  
• Sharp cheddar cheese, Swiss, and fresh mozzarella, shredded and sliced cheeses (except American cheese of course), cheese food, spreads, and products. Even Kosher cheese is banned unless you apply to get a specific check for it which basically could identify who the poor Jewish people are. (This is really gross and skeevy because of how this is isolating Jewish people and outing them.)
  
• Canned peas and green beans
  
• Albacore tuna, red salmon, and fish fillets
  
• Bagels, pita bread, English muffins
  
• White rice and wild rice
  
• Taco shells
  
• Almond, rice, goat, and soy milk.
  
• Brown eggs and any eggs produced by cage-free or free range chickens, which basically helps corporate chicken farms
  
• Several kinds of infant food
  
• Anything in bulk
  
• Anything organic or natural
  

here’s the list, for anyone who’s skeptical like i am. it’s on a real-ass government-ass website. i am, tbh, disgusted.

Thanks for the link. That is horrifying and disgusting. 

The list is actually worse- no peanuts, SEASONINGS, SOUPS, any canned beans, WHITE RICE, anything organic or natural, and anything like lactose free/kosher milk, or anything that might be necessary to a religious group or someone with conditions such as celiac or lactose intolerance basically have to fill out forms which singles them out based on health/religious reasons. 

This is really, really gross. 

Is it just me or did they basically rule out basically all the cheapest and easiest to prepare food? Because that is bullshit.

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK

I have food stamps in a different state and this list is essentially my grocery just when I go to the store. These are easy to prepare, quick, filling meals and most of them have a long shelf life and can be stored for emergencies or of you use up your food stamps before the end of the month. This is absolutely a blatant act of violence against poor families and I hope it continues to gain more national outrage.

This is utterly disgusting.  I cannot begin to express my contempt for for these rules.  I honestly found it hard to read the list of “allowed” and “not allowed” foods, but of course many, many people will have to read and live by that list while trying to care for themselves and their families.

So… basically everything that’s left in is the stuff made by the biggest corporate lobbies? 

Seriously, fuck this shit.

I’m going to be devil’s advocate here for a second (forgive me), but the link to the WI website isn’t for straight food stamps. It’s for WIC. WIC is a separate programs for Women with Infants and Children to get extra food on top of their regular food stamps. WIC also pays for formula for infants which is amazing, because formula is crazy expensive. WIC isn’t meant to cover anyone’s entire grocery bill. It can, however, make space in the budget, so a mother can spend her regular food stamps on the other foods that aren’t allowed under WIC.

I can’t speak for all states, but I know Michigan has limitations like this on WIC as well. It’s still a pain in the ass to make sure all the WIC stuffed you’ve picked up is allowed. Maybe there shouldn’t be so many restrictions, but it honestly isn’t saying ‘poor people can’t eat this’. It’s just saying that you’ll have to spend your regular food dollars on it.