Formula shortage reveals GOP’s compassion for American babies, anger over nourished immigrant ones

[Woodznutz]

Thank god not every one does or we would have no children

OTOH the world is seriously overpopulated.

 

[Coyote]

If American babies weren't suffering this wouldn't be an issue now would it?

No American children are suffering due to this. This is primarily a shortage of one company, and there are many options. All this is for rightists is another way of attacking illegal immigrants through their children.

How can a pediatrician help?​

Your child’s pediatrician can assist in a few ways. Here are some scenarios they may offer during a consultation:

• Some children can “age out” of formula (i.e. older than 12 months) and safely stop formula.
• Sometimes infants can safely switch to another formula, especially if there are questions about trying one brand versus another. “I have had many conversations with families about the equivalence between Similac Advance versus Enfamil versus a store brand,” Hoyt-Austin said. “It can be reassuring for families that they don’t ‘have’ to have a particular brand when it’s not medically indicated.”
• Pediatricians can screen for use of WIC and offer that as a resource to obtain formula.
• They can advise on any other concerns about mixing formula, weight changes, etc.

The infant formula shortage is making parents desperate. But do not do these 4 things.

UC Davis Health experts encourage parents and caregivers to reach out to their pediatrician or health care provider or their local WIC office, if they are having trouble locating infant formula.

health.ucdavis.edu

 

[skews13]

Well...this hits the nail on the head, as indeed, for some, compassion is totally partisan and quite negotiable.

MSN

The baby formula shortage has led a number of Republicans to demonstrate their deep and abiding concern for the smallest among us, unless the "smallest" in question are ones Republicans don't want among us.
Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, for example, tenderly tweeted Thursday: "Baby formula should go to Americans before illegals. This should not have to be said."
Also not having to be said, apparently, is that undocumented children in U.S. care, by law, have to be fed. That and the whole "not feeding a baby is kind of wrong" thing, which in Nehls' mind must be morally negotiable.
Florida Rep. Kat Cammack, in a video posted on Facebook, said she is “so angry about this” fact that the government is giving food to infants in its care along the border. (I assume her anger is a form of love for all God’s children.)
“These are your tax dollars going to buy formula” for the immigrant babies, she said, before claiming without evidence that the babies she would like to see starve are also tragic victims of “violence and trafficking,” and calling President Joe Biden the “trafficker in chief.”
I mean, clearly it breaks Cammack’s heart to see these innocent infants harmed in any way, shape or form, and all she wants is for the government to immediately take away their food so they go hungry.
So clearly these Republicans are addressing the baby-formula shortage through the scriptural philosophy of: “All lives are precious, except these little immigrant whiners over here. They can pound sand.”

On Thursday, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the patron saint of logical consistency, said: “Food security is national security, and right now we have a food security crisis for the most vulnerable of Americans, the ones that we cherish the most, and that’s our babies.”
Yes. Our babies. But not other people’s babies, I guess.
I know some are going to see Greene’s concern about food insecurity as strange given that she and her Republican colleagues helped bring an end to the extended child-tax credit, which had lifted 3.7 million U.S. children out of poverty.
But were those really our children? Who's to say. Let’s assume they weren’t.

As long as anti trust laws are no reinstated, prohibiting the mergers of corporations, limiting choice, and allowing them to buy back their own stocks only for the benefit of shareholder profits. There will never be a solution.

This is a self fulfilling prophecy that has been decades in the making.

 

[Coyote]

When there is a shortage of anything some will get it and some won't. It's just a matter of who won't get it.

There are many options available, like using other brands.

Setting it up as a either or situation really isn’t accurate but it does work to promote rage.

Why do you think American kids should be punished because they were born here and didn't have parents that invaded our country?

American kids aren’t being punished for anything. There parents are free to shop around at different stores, look for different options, stock up etc. Those in detention are not. Considering our country has one of the highest levels of child obesity, I don’t deprivation or punishment here, just an attempt to focus hate on the children of illegal immigrant.

After all if you are getting something amid a shortage, it means somebody is not getting what you got. So the question is why are American babies not getting something that a baby not belonging to this country did get because their parents invaded our country?

Not necessarily. That is the problem with these arguments. Babies are not getting because their parents entered the country illegally, they are getting it because they are babies.

Using babies to gin up rage is not good.

If you had limited food in your household, somebody broke in, would you offer food to them and allow your family to starve?

No one is starving.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

There are many options available, like using other brands.

Setting it up as a either or situation really isn’t accurate but it does work to promote rage.

Of course it's not. We are making it all up, aren't we?

 

[johngaltshrugged]

Fact. The government isn’t “taking” anything. It purchases it like anyone else and does months in advance.

Once you get that through your thick skull, here is another fact. The government is legally required to provide a minimum standard of care to any children it has detained at the border. If it is important to you to be able to abuse those kids because their parents crossed the border illegally, then change the law.

In the meantime, no American children are starving due to this temporary shortage. They aren’t going hungry. Many are still able to get baby formula, which detained people are not able to do.

Taking our money to purchase & give away the food our kids need in a shortage is the same thing.
The govt & people who pay attention knew months in advance this shortage was coming.
Putting a priority on our citizen children is not abuse.
And the argument only some Americans can't find baby formula as justification is another bold America last move.
Let's see how that works for ya proggy

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I would take all the aliens that want to come to the border over 99.99% all the old losers in this country.
Provided they had no criminal records and were under 40 and came over at a 1:1 ratio for every useless, old fart like you whom we through into 'Carousel'.
Old people like you are TOTALLY useless.
You take up valuable resources and give nothing back but your stupid, senile opinions.
At least aliens without criminal records can work and help this country.
You sure as shit cannot.
You are NOTHING but a drain.

I do NOT agree with letting aliens into America.
But I would gladly let those under 40 with no criminal record so long as every one we let in meant one of you wastes-of-flesh are thrown into 'Carousel'.
Especially if they are MAGA morons/racist slobs.

Bye now, useless, old fart.
Oh...I forgot again how deaf you old people are.

BYE NOW, USELESS, OLD FART!!!

The world population is roughly 7.5 billion people, many of which would love to live in the US. So how many of those billions are you willing to let in because they have no criminal record and want to work?

The United States allows nearly a million outsiders to become citizens of this country every year. This is on top of the million or so VISA's and green cards we hand out so people not from this country can share in our good fortunes. Our country (now 30 trillion in debt) passes out money to countries in foreign aid, and this is on top of the dozens of private charities that collect and donate money from Americans to help those who don't live here.

I would say we've done more than our part. But if we let every Tom, Dick, and Harry come here anytime they want then we no longer have a country.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

All it fucking shows is a hell of a lot of selfish bitches in America who cannot be bothered to breastfeed - even though it is COMMON KNOWLEDGE that it is by far the most healthy way to feed your child.

Every woman I ever knew who breastfed was a decent mother at least.
And every mother whom I knew who bottle fed their baby was a decent mother AT BEST.

Any woman who can breastfeed but chooses not to is a lazy mother...PERIOD.
Who cares more about themselves than their baby.

And save your stupid. ridiculous stories of all these fucking bitches you know who did not breast deed and were grwat mothers.
It means NOTHING to me.

Most of the people on this site are pathetic losers with IQ's below 100.
Their opinions are WORTHLESS.

And/or you are just simps.

Lactose Intolerance Symptoms in Babies: What to Know

If it seems like your little one is having a hard time digesting breast milk or milk-based formulas, you may wonder about lactose intolerance symptoms in babies to look for. We'll tell you what you need to know.

www.healthline.com

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

I guess they are if aliens bring them here illegally for political reasons and governments continue to defy their own mandates for existing and allow them to come in and break the law also for political reasons!

A far better solution is to turn them away at the border with whatever food and emergency care they need and tell them no thank you and let Mexico deal with them since they let them into THEIR country and thru to the USA-- -- we have a legal process for applying for immigration, and last I checked, the very definition of a Republic is a nation governed by LAWS.

Not excuses and exceptions.

One thing for sure is if we had President Trump in charge, none of this would be happening. His stay in Mexico policy absolved us of any obligation to illegals or their children. They knew it was best not to come here because they would have never got in, and that includes their babies. They would have just stayed in their own country and all that formula would be used for American children.

The Communists create problems and then tell us it's our responsibility to solve the problems they created. The best solution to our problems is to make sure they never have leadership in the first place.

 

[Maxdeath]

OTOH the world is seriously overpopulated.

So the idea is to kill off people with shortages?
Would be better just to put together firing squads

 

[Coyote]

Of course it's not. We are making it all up, aren't we?

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Talk about a complete non sequitur.

 

[Coyote]

Taking our money to purchase & give away the food our kids need in a shortage is the same thing.

No one is taking away food our kids need, it isn't a zero sum situation.

The govt & people who pay attention knew months in advance this shortage was coming.
Putting a priority on our citizen children is not abuse.

Where are the starving American babies?

And the argument only some Americans can't find baby formula as justification is another bold America last move.

Where are the starving Aneican babies?

Let's see how that works for ya proggy

Sure thing rightard.

 

[Natural Citizen]

The government isn’t “taking” anything. It purchases it like anyone else and does months in advance.

The government has nothing. It has nothing because it produces nothing.

All it does it steal from those who do produce and redistribute it to special interests.

That's called ''taking'' in the real world.

 

[evenflow1969]

Well...this hits the nail on the head, as indeed, for some, compassion is totally partisan and quite negotiable.

MSN

The baby formula shortage has led a number of Republicans to demonstrate their deep and abiding concern for the smallest among us, unless the "smallest" in question are ones Republicans don't want among us.
Texas Rep. Troy Nehls, for example, tenderly tweeted Thursday: "Baby formula should go to Americans before illegals. This should not have to be said."
Also not having to be said, apparently, is that undocumented children in U.S. care, by law, have to be fed. That and the whole "not feeding a baby is kind of wrong" thing, which in Nehls' mind must be morally negotiable.
Florida Rep. Kat Cammack, in a video posted on Facebook, said she is “so angry about this” fact that the government is giving food to infants in its care along the border. (I assume her anger is a form of love for all God’s children.)
“These are your tax dollars going to buy formula” for the immigrant babies, she said, before claiming without evidence that the babies she would like to see starve are also tragic victims of “violence and trafficking,” and calling President Joe Biden the “trafficker in chief.”
I mean, clearly it breaks Cammack’s heart to see these innocent infants harmed in any way, shape or form, and all she wants is for the government to immediately take away their food so they go hungry.
So clearly these Republicans are addressing the baby-formula shortage through the scriptural philosophy of: “All lives are precious, except these little immigrant whiners over here. They can pound sand.”

On Thursday, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the patron saint of logical consistency, said: “Food security is national security, and right now we have a food security crisis for the most vulnerable of Americans, the ones that we cherish the most, and that’s our babies.”
Yes. Our babies. But not other people’s babies, I guess.
I know some are going to see Greene’s concern about food insecurity as strange given that she and her Republican colleagues helped bring an end to the extended child-tax credit, which had lifted 3.7 million U.S. children out of poverty.
But were those really our children? Who's to say. Let’s assume they weren’t.

Lol, oh the outrage! Another conspiracy to kill Americans. When will it all stop? What will we do? How will we survive? Elizabeth we are coming to join you honey! The end of the world is nye! The torture! The in humanity! What will we do? Oh my God the end is near! Oh ya we survived eons with out baby formula! Never mind. Nice day think I will go fishing.

 

[Natural Citizen]

''From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs''

Ain't it lovely?

 

[whitehall]

How does this rise to the level of current events when the post is based on the single opinion by some unknown by the name of Rex Huppke of USA Today? Lefties seem to accept everything in print as gospel if it goes along with their small minded opinion.

 

[johngaltshrugged]

No one is taking away food our kids need, it isn't a zero sum situation.


Where are the starving American babies?


Where are the starving Aneican babies?



Sure thing rightard.

You have already stated that some Americans cannot find formula yet they are sending our limited supplies to illegals instead. That is the definition of taking away food for our kids.
Everything else is your basic lefty strawman to distract from your losing argument. At no point did I say starving American or Aneican babies.
You are arguing for America last, just own it already

 

[Natural Citizen]

You have already stated that some Americans cannot find formula yet they are sending our limited supplies to illegals instead.

To repeat...

''From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs''

That's the mindset we're dealing with from both the admininstration as well as its rabidly Marxist base.

Purveyors of that historically destructive philosophy just won't come right out and flatly say it.

Courage escapes them. Which is why they promote and rely so much on the barrel of a government gun.

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

Lol, oh the outrage! Another conspiracy to kill Americans. When will it all stop? What will we do? How will we survive? Elizabeth we are coming to join you honey! The end of the world is nye! The torture! The in humanity! What will we do? Oh my God the end is near! Oh ya we survived eons with out baby formula! Never mind. Nice day think I will go fishing.

It has nothing to do with torture, starvation or killing anybody. While American mothers are running around all over town trying to find the right formula for their child, our government is stocking the shelves of the facilities where illegals get theirs. No American should be the least bit inconvenienced because of these invaders, nor should they have to substitute formulas or work with their doctors to try and just get by.

If we can't have a government that looks out for their own people first, then it's time to get rid of the government. Who can be stupid enough to elect a government that looks out for their people last outside of liberals?

 

[evenflow1969]

It has nothing to do with torture, starvation or killing anybody. While American mothers are running around all over town trying to find the right formula for their child, our government is stocking the shelves of the facilities where illegals get theirs. No American should be the least bit inconvenienced because of these invaders, nor should they have to substitute formulas or work with their doctors to try and just get by.

If we can't have a government that looks out for their own people first, then it's time to get rid of the government. Who can be stupid enough to elect a government that looks out for their people last outside of liberals?

Lol, when a country is running around screaming the sky is falling over mothers having to do more work to feed their child than opening a can and warming it up the I could give two shits if that country fails. We have real damn problems. The government has purchasing power. It is the biggest client out there. Corporations take care of their biggest clients first. This is the free market. The only way to change this is to not have a free market. Do you want a free market or not. If not you are a commie or a socialist. Meanwhile go over to a blender liquefy some food or make some damn oatmeal feed your damn kid and shuttle fuck up