As a mother, my heart goes out to the millions of families affected by the current shortage of baby formula. I can only imagine what would have gone through my mind had I not been able to obtain the proper nutrition for my two daughters in their infancy.
Hard-working American families deserve better than this.
The formula shortage brings to mind the famous quote from Ronald Reagan’s first inaugural address: "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem—government is the problem."
A series of poor decisions by federal policy-makers helped to create the shortages plaguing supermarket shelves, and some of the proposed "solutions" could end up making the problem worse.
Much of the problem began with the federal Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) program, which funds over half of the baby formula purchased nationwide. States competitively bid out their WIC contracts for formula, but those bids rely upon sole-source contracts. As a result, families receiving WIC assistance can only purchase one brand of formula, from their state’s "approved" provider....
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