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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]40k in loans for an associates degree in interior design? That's...a choice.[/quote]

And she was making a whopping $12/hr at Home Depot and thought it was good idea to keep having kids and then was shocked that she wouldn't be able to afford child care. Then the husband was physically unable to continue working construction and now they're living on like $40k/year. These people are irresponsible. I don't care how people try to spin it, but having five kids intentionally when a few have health issues and you can't afford the basics like sufficient housing and healthcare is irresponsible. Oh but wait, the wife said she's going to get a job in 2028. So for the next three years the taxpayer funded programs they qualify for will just have to do. What a mess.[/quote]

Moreover, the WSJ held this up as an example of how it’s “possible” to have kids on a modest income, rather than a cautionary tale.

And honestly the only reason they aren’t living in section 8 housing is because her 15 years older DH bought a cheap home before the housing bubble kicked off in the 2000s [/quote]

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What’s going to happen to them when Medicaid is cut?
Also, this administration is Union busting. If they have there way, there won’t be anymore
 union jobs not to mention  the number of jobs that will be lost as the US economy gets crazier and more unstable.
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I don’t they are going after the working poor with children.

This is not a typical lower middle class income family.  The husband was older than the typical first time groom.  The wife was younger than typical.   He had a house at 20 years old but never upgraded to a bigger house?   Poor decision making.

It’s an example of a couple not understanding that a plan should have been two children, they could handle that.  Also never say what your child might or might not need regarding their future.  Some might not want college, some might.  [/quote]

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