Not to knock your fine state but.... (Hattiesburg, Tupelo: 2015, to buy)
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Standing joke in TN that Memphis is Mississippi's largest city because it is so unlike the rest of Tennessee. Not to mention a pretty large number of people working in Memphis live in the Mississippi suburbs in Desoto county.
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Property values are still quite cheap in Miss. and the overall cost of living is lower than other areas, like say Atlanta, which is hundreds of times more expensive than living in Mississippi's largest city (Memphis). [quote=DogenesofJackson]
Last time I heard, Memphis was in Tennessee. Some Diogenes -- are you sure you're not the idiot?
The one thing Mississippi doesn't do right is the WIC program. I'm in the Air Force, we just transferred from Florida last year and my wife and my three boys are eligible for WIC. In Florida, we had vouchers that she would get every other month dated for one of the two months and take to the grocery store for food as they needed it like Milk, Produce, Juice, etc. When we got here she was told to go to a warehouse and collect her WIC, well she didn't realize that she would be getting a buttload of food (mostly processed) including boxed milk that we cannot fit into our pantry at home because it is two months worth of WIC product. This doesn't make sense and my kids hated the food that was given especially the boxed milk. My wife complained and was told, that the "packages" are better in case of a Hurricane. "Uhh we are not lugging all of that food to the hotel that we would be evacuating to". Needless to say my wife stopped getting WIC after that first month because she felt it wasn't worth it. Every other state uses vouchers, why can't Mississippi get with the times on this one.
The one thing Mississippi doesn't do right is the WIC program. I'm in the Air Force, we just transferred from Florida last year and my wife and my three boys are eligible for WIC. In Florida, we had vouchers that she would get every other month dated for one of the two months and take to the grocery store for food as they needed it like Milk, Produce, Juice, etc. When we got here she was told to go to a warehouse and collect her WIC, well she didn't realize that she would be getting a buttload of food (mostly processed) including boxed milk that we cannot fit into our pantry at home because it is two months worth of WIC product. This doesn't make sense and my kids hated the food that was given especially the boxed milk. My wife complained and was told, that the "packages" are better in case of a Hurricane. "Uhh we are not lugging all of that food to the hotel that we would be evacuating to". Needless to say my wife stopped getting WIC after that first month because she felt it wasn't worth it. Every other state uses vouchers, why can't Mississippi get with the times on this one.
Oh, good grief
We're not going to hold your hand. WIC is intended to protect health of low income women, infants and children. You have seen the way Mississippi does it. Take it. Or leave it. The food is nutritious, just the way it is supposed to be. ("my kids hated the food that was given"....God. Someone just shoot me)
There are people here, my friend, who really don't have enough to eat. Give them your vouchers.
The one thing Mississippi doesn't do right is the WIC program. I'm in the Air Force, we just transferred from Florida last year and my wife and my three boys are eligible for WIC. In Florida, we had vouchers that she would get every other month dated for one of the two months and take to the grocery store for food as they needed it like Milk, Produce, Juice, etc. When we got here she was told to go to a warehouse and collect her WIC, well she didn't realize that she would be getting a buttload of food (mostly processed) including boxed milk that we cannot fit into our pantry at home because it is two months worth of WIC product. This doesn't make sense and my kids hated the food that was given especially the boxed milk. My wife complained and was told, that the "packages" are better in case of a Hurricane. "Uhh we are not lugging all of that food to the hotel that we would be evacuating to". Needless to say my wife stopped getting WIC after that first month because she felt it wasn't worth it. Every other state uses vouchers, why can't Mississippi get with the times on this one.
First thank you for serving your time in the Armed Forces and making sacrifices with you and your family.
There needs to be a change in the way MS handles Medicaid and WIC, I agree whole heartedly. Most states do provide vouchers so the person receiving can make the healthy choice in their consumption of food. However, MS does not do this most likely because most people would sell the vouchers for cents on the dollar and go use the money for something else then feeding their children.
Having many of my family in Armed Forces I can understand the limitations on financial and housing constraints with room. Not many people can understand this unless they have or have family in the Armed Forces.
Thank you again for serving this country and making these sacrifices so we can have a free country.
First thank you for serving your time in the Armed Forces and making sacrifices with you and your family.
There needs to be a change in the way MS handles Medicaid and WIC, I agree whole heartedly. Most states do provide vouchers so the person receiving can make the healthy choice in their consumption of food. However, MS does not do this most likely because most people would sell the vouchers for cents on the dollar and go use the money for something else then feeding their children.
Having many of my family in Armed Forces I can understand the limitations on financial and housing constraints with room. Not many people can understand this unless they have or have family in the Armed Forces.
Thank you again for serving this country and making these sacrifices so we can have a free country.
Thank you for not being judgemental and understanding of my situation, unlike that clueless di*khead, Listener2307.
WIC is for low-income families and being below an E-5 in the military is considered "low income". And no the WIC is NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOR MY WIFE AND KIDS!!
In Florida, our WIC vouchers had my wife's name on it and with it she carried an ID card that she had to show the cashier at Publix or Winn-Dixie so that those vouchers could only be used by her. If Mississippi did this, it would be nearly impossible for those vouchers to be sold and for someone else to use them. What was great about Florida is you could redeem your vouchers from a wide array of produce, cereal, skim milk, and even Not from Concentrate Orange Juice. I think Florida had the most liberal WIC program compared to other states that confine you to only getting whole milk, juicy juice, canned veggies, and bland cereals that no kid would ever eat.
Mississippi is the #1 most obese state in the country and I think it all begins with the WIC program that only gives families whole milk and processed cheese and gives them a one month supply, so who knows if the parents and kids are eating double what they should, then as they growing up and they continue getting fed what they are used to fatty sugary crap, on top of that everything in Mississippi must be fried, especially the seafood where I live on the coast. Thank god, I work in a job where you have to be fit and I know how to stay that way, and pass it on to my boys.
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Thank you for not being judgemental and understanding of my situation, unlike that clueless di*khead, Listener2307.
WIC is for low-income families and being below an E-5 in the military is considered "low income". And no the WIC is NOT FOR ME, IT'S FOR MY WIFE AND KIDS!!
And proof that they did not need it is that they turned it down.
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Mississippi is the #1 most obese state in the country and I think it all begins with the WIC program that only gives families whole milk and processed cheese and gives them a one month supply, so who knows if the parents and kids are eating double what they should, then as they growing up and they continue getting fed what they are used to fatty sugary crap, on top of that everything in Mississippi must be fried, especially the seafood where I live on the coast. Thank god, I work in a job where you have to be fit and I know how to stay that way, and pass it on to my boys.
Solid point here.
Seems like it would go a long way toward both changing MS's ranking in the yearly obesity list as well as Mississippians attitudes toward health if the state changed the WIC program - offering healthy foods or vouchers to be used toward the purchase of healthy foods.
Seems like it would go a long way toward both changing MS's ranking in the yearly obesity list as well as Mississippians attitudes toward health if the state changed the WIC program - offering healthy foods or vouchers to be used toward the purchase of healthy foods.
Nonsense. Mississippi's obesity problem is neither cause by, nor exacerbated by its WIC program. There are 2.5 million people in Mississippi; 115,000 are eligible for WIC.
Nonsense. Mississippi's obesity problem is neither cause by, nor exacerbated by its WIC program. There are 2.5 million people in Mississippi; 115,000 are eligible for WIC.
This is exactly why Mississippi is last in every category. So many people here are so resistant to change. God forbid people have ideas to improve the state.
Whether or not Listener believes it, I think changing the WIC program would be an effective start to changing attitudes on health - it provides better options to those on the program, while also signaling to the rest of the state that MS is working to improve the quality of life. You have to start somewhere.
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