Half of the infant formula sold nationwide is purchased with WIC subsidy

[livingston]

Democrat Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, noting the extreme political damage her House members could feel from an angry dependency base, said today the baby formula shortage is the worst possible crisis in decades. She called it “unconscionable and tragic,” and in her statement outlined the scale of the problem for Democrats in office:…”The shortage has taken an especially dangerous toll on women and children from underserved communities: about half of infant formula sold nationwide is purchased with WIC (Women, Infant and Children) benefits.” (LETTER)
Half of the infant formula sold nationwide is purchased with WIC subsidy? That’s why the issue is getting urgent attention from Democrats.

Baby Formula Crisis is a Major Issue for Democrats and the Dependency Coalition, Half of all U.S. Baby Formula Sales are Made with WIC Subsidy - The Last Refuge

If you’ve noticed the democrats being a bit more worried about the baby formula shortage crisis, there’s a good reason for that. Baby formula is very expensive for the working family. Subsidizing low-income parents with free infant formula has been dependency initiative for the democrats for a...

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[Carlos Hathcock]

 

[livingston]

Big Bottle and the Baby Formula Apocalypse​

As anyone with an infant knows, there is a major crisis in the feeding of America’s babies right now, because parents in some areas can’t get baby formula. A few months ago, a major producer of formula - Abbott Labs - shut down its main production facilities in Sturgis, Michigan, which had been contaminated with the bacteria Cronobacter sakazakii, killing two babies and injuring two others. Abbott provides 43% of the baby formula in the United States, under the brand names Similac, Alimentum and EleCare, so removing this amount of supply from the market is the short-term cause of the problem. (Abbott and Mead Johnson produce 80% of the formula in the U.S., and if you add in Nestle, that gets to 98% of the market.) The problem is not, however, that there isn’t enough formula, so much as the consolidated distribution system creates a lot of shortages in specific states.
This shortage is showing just how reliant we are on industrialized formula. The causal factor behind the crisis is poor regulation and a consolidated and brittle supply chain. Imports from Europe are often prohibited, even if there were excess productive capacity elsewhere. I spent a bit of time calling around to people who work in formula, and the industry is basically on a war footing. Everyone is panicking, because the situation is, in short, a nightmare.

I’m going to try and lay out the situation, and explain the market structure. There are two basic mechanisms that have created a concentrated and brittle market. The first is that regulators are tough on newcomers, but soft on incumbents. And the second is that the Federal government buys more than half of the baby formula in the market, and under the guise of competitive bidding, it in fact hands out monopoly licenses for individual states. That makes it impossible to get newcomers of any scale into the market, along with the more resiliency that such competition brings. It also makes it hard to address shortages in one state with extra formula from elsewhere.

But first, let’s start by following the money.

Zerohedge

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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[livingston]

CBS: Baby Formula “Crisis Shouldn’t Be Happening,” Admin “Scrambling” To Act​

 

[libertysnake]

Once again, I have no issue feeding hungry children.

My issue is that the government has the power to stop feeding your hungry children. I don't want to give them that power over my life, or anyone else's life. Government handouts are a form of government power.

 

[SomeSoldier]

Once again, I have no issue feeding hungry children.

My issue is that the government has the power to stop feeding your hungry children. I don't want to give them that power over my life, or anyone else's life. Government handouts are a form of government power.

I agree feed the kids but don't feed the parents.

 

[libertysnake]

I agree feed the kids but don't feed the parents.

I don't want the government feeding anyone. I want private charity feeding people. I think giving the government that level of power over your ability to eat is insane. How can you resist the hand that feeds?

 

[Acer-m14]

here make your own .. from great grand ma ... .. im not David James ..

something i found ..

 

[WillyK]

"underserved communities": about half of infant formula sold nationwide is purchased with WIC

Underserved?
Sounds like they are pretty well served to me.

 

[ManualF150]

"underserved communities": about half of infant formula sold nationwide is purchased with WIC

Underserved?
Sounds like they are pretty well served to me.

It's more like you give them an inch and they take a mile...

 

[SomeSoldier]

I don't want the government feeding anyone. I want private charity feeding people. I think giving the government that level of power over your ability to eat is insane. How can you resist the hand that feeds?

How do you resist your employer?

 

[Acer-m14]

How do you resist your employer?

I QUIT you fat mother fker

 

[SomeSoldier]

I QUIT you fat mother fker

Exactly. You don't just take it. No different than the gov.

 

[spat]

here make your own .. from great grand ma ... .. im not David James ..

something i found ..

Pretty sure that's missing some essential nutrients.

That might be a component of a newborn's diet, but it is not a complete nutritional replacement like formula is.

No way is there sufficient protein in that, to say nothing of a bunch of missing vitamins and minerals.

 

[spat]

I QUIT you fat mother fker

Good luck trying that with the government.

 

[spat]

"underserved communities": about half of infant formula sold nationwide is purchased with WIC

Underserved?
Sounds like they are pretty well served to me.

Oh, they're getting served alright...

 

[livingston]

Caught on camera: GOP rep. rips Biden admin after exposing formula stockpiles at border​

Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., shares details about the baby formula stockpiles she saw at the southern border and assesses the cause behind the shortage. #FOXBusiness

 

[GOYABEAN]