On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 10:40 AM, Deanna Schneider <[email protected]> wrote: > In Wisconsin, we have this program called WIC (Women, Infants, and > Children). Foster kids under age 5 are automatically eligible, and > since we do foster care, we've been using this program. The thing that > really gets me about it? They give you a very specific list of things > you can buy, and one of them is cereal. Name brand cereal. When we're > paying with our own money, we buy generic, and get twice the cereal > for the same price or less. Same with juice. You get a TON of juice on > this program - all of it name brand. Stupid waste of money.
Two possibilities here: 1) Brand name company X is paying off govt officials to get exclusive access. 2) Brand name company X agreed to refund the state X dollars for each product bought, saving the state money. Who knows which is true. -Cameron ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:290766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
