Why do families that have a combined income of $30-40K have 5 kids?
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My parents have a combined income of about $530,000 a year. I used to have a sister but she died so now I am an only child. I have a second cousin who has 7 siblings and only her mom works and makes minimum wage. They will never own a house, and no one will hire her father because he is getting old and has never had a job in his life. Her mom just keeps having kids.
It's dumb!!
It's up to them how many children they are having.
If they are supplying for their children without the help of government aid and only using the money they make then it's their business.
the more kids you have the more welfare your elgible for.
i know this is sick, but some have more kids to get more welfare.
Why would you judge people on their income. As long as they can take care of their kids, what does it matter how much money they make?
because they don't have cable tv. If they had cable tv, they might not have 5 kids.
Hmmm...that's not a bad way to end hunger in Africa.buy them so tv's.
If the governement offered it for free- only the educated one would take them up on the offer.
I honestly do not know, I guess material things do not matter to them. Me however I have to be comfortable. My husband and I could afford 4 children, but why would we?? We are pregnant with our first and might try for one more later, but I have to have money to vacation and have nice things. No fun living pay check to pay check. My husband says after our second child he is getting a vasectomy...lol
Because they want too. Some people like children and want to have many as long as you are getting by have all the kids you want.
You'll get several answers to this one:
-- it's their "right" to have as many kids as they want
-- they are eligible for more welfare the more kids they have
and here's a classic:
-- they don't "know" any better (like after the first three you don't know how babies are made?)
The most basic answer is laziness and stupidity.
All that talk about "more kids, more welfare" is bogas. No matter how many kids you have, unless it is a difference between one kid and two, you pretty much get the same ammount of money. They have a cap off limit of how much you can get, I know because when I was married to my dead beat and we had 4 kids together I was only getting $100 more than a lady with one child. talk about budgeting...
After leaving him, I am still on welfare but getting a college education, and am pregnant with my 3rd child (the other two mentioned earlier were his). It is very tight on money and in the next 6 months I should be off of welfare, but money is not the biggest issue with kids- It is patients, and love, and energy. Ever since I was young I always said I would rather get $6 an hour at a job and be happy than $50 and be misserable, that kind of attitude has helped me through being "poor" money wise because being rich is not what most people think of it as. That is why people with 30-40 yearly income have lots of kids. Love.
At least they aren't on welfare.
I remember growing up and my school bus went by the projects. I remember there were three families with kids and they took up almost the entire bus. Each family had at least 5 kids.
My family has four kids. We are considered low income
We are very happy and a very close knit family.
We are still planning for their college and for our retirement.
We still go to school and encourage our kids.
The last two were not planned, but they are very much wanted.
This is god's plan for our life.
I am one of four kids myself.
My parents worked very hard to give us the things and love that we needed and our family is doing the same..
Why would it be any of your business how many kids they have and how much money they make. I know people with 1 and 2 kids that are on welfare but a family with 6 kids make it just fine on one income of $40,000 a year. The mom is a SAHM. And they have nice things. Im talking brand name clothes and shoes, and cable. They go out and have fun, etc. Its called budget and knowing how much you can spend, and savings.
All kids need is LOVE, and a poor person can give that.
You are worried about the WRONG thing!
And, a vasectomy is way more than $700, unless its a very inexperienced physician.
Anyway, get a life...Are you helping to take care of the children? If not, worry about yourself and what you have to take care of in your life!
And, this is coming from someone who does have any children, and a child of parents who have 7 children combined...
Anyway, get a life! There are more things to worry about in life than how many children people CHOSE to have!
Wow. I'm really surprised at the variations in replies. I can't understand how this can bother you so much. Are they taking care of their children? And, by "care" I don't necessarily mean w/ material things. Sure, they obviously need a place to live, food, clothing, basic necessities. These things are possible even for those families with smaller incomes. I don't think it's anyone's right to judge how many children anyone should have. Years ago, people made a lot less $$ and had a lot more children. There are some that abuse govt assistance but there are also those who actually use/deserve/appreciate the help. That's what it was created for, but unfortunately it only takes a few bad apples to spoil it for everyone else.
On the other hand, if they are abusing or neglecting their children, then that is a children's services issue and you should be calling them rather than posting here on yahoo.
Some people choose to live comfortably financially and others choose to live comfortably by having a large family. We are trying for our 4th and if anyone told me I shouldn't have another, I'd tell them where they could go w/ it. It's no one else's business buy their own.
Probably because family means more than money. My husband doesn't have to make 200k a year for us to afford several children. Right now we fall into that income bracket and are planning our fourth child. We are good with our money and have no debt. I stay at home. Its our choice. I'd much rather be my kids Mom than double our income. Keep your snarky comments to yourself. Judging people based on income is rediculous.
Because at tax time they get like 8,000 and thats a lot of money all at once for people who dont have a high income. Thats the only reason I can think of!
You got me there too. And I don't mean to sound harsh but most are families of Mexicans, who are mainly Catholic. They don't believe in birthcontrol, but still a vasectomy for $700 would save them and others a LOT of money in the long run. It would make sense to me!
Learn how to spell before you act like you know more than others (squallor not squallar).
I don't know anyone who can provide more that the basics for a family of 7 on that income, yes poor people can provide love but that won't dress them in the brand name that most kids want to wear, or take them out to the movies, or a theme park or sporting event and any of the other extras kids like to enjoy. And when they want to know why they can't go to college to secure a better future, hopefully they will be content to know that you love them, ALL of them. Are they getting assistance from the government?
I don't know how people do it. My husband and I are having our first child after 5 years of marriage, because only now have we built up enough income to support 2 or 3 children. We live in California so everything is crazy expensive. We have college degrees and we make a great living money wise. But the cost of living and our mortgage will never allow us to have more than 2 or 3 children!
This is ridiculous. I am one of a family of ten children ranging from the ages of 11 and 32. My mother was a stay-at-home-mom, and my father made, at the most, 60-70k per year. We never went without. My parents owned two different large homes at different times while I was living at home. I shared a room with my sister/best friend until I was 15, and it's not something I would ever change.
No, we didn't all get brand new iPods, or a car for Christmas--but we didn't care. And, after all, that really isn't what "providing for" your children means, is it?
We were always fed, clothed, and sheltered.
And, incidentally, it's "squalor", not "squallar". I obviously enjoyed and reaped the benefits of a much better education than you, even coming from such a large family.
well I for one would like them to stop having so many kids IF they on going to be going straight to social services because we ALL pay for that.
The better question is why do you care?
Why do some people making $65K a year drive big SUVs and live in $300K homes? Why do some millionaires have to declare bankruptcy because they haven't paid taxes in 20 years? Why do middle class families spend $5K to go to Disney World when they could spend a fraction of that and take a very nice local vacation? Why do some working professionals not have a dime in a savings account or take advantage of their 401K plan? None of that makes much sense either. Low income people aren't the only ones making poor decisions.
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