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I know what you’re saying about Section 8. I won’t go into details, but it secretly disgusts me. I’m happy that a family I know has a decent place to live, but why do I have to bust my butt to pay my own way, and theirs? Especially, since like the couple in the story, all they did to get ahead was stick their butts in the air, have a lot of sex and make babies they couldn’t afford.

I'm a huge believer in large families but stories like this make me furious. My husband works three jobs (1 full time salaried position, and 2 part time contract positions) just to make our very modest lifestyle possible. We bought our house 4 years ago and the realtor kept asking if we were sure it was big enough :). We just giggled at that...this is what we can afford, we make it work.

Because there are so many similar situations in the USA, I am shocked and extremely insulted at how often people assume we are on some type of welfare program just because we have more than two kids. We work very hard to live frugally and God has been our wonderful provider when we are faced with financial shortfalls. We do NOT expect other people to provide for our children.

Not every large family is on welfare but stories like this make it seem so. IMO, if we must have welfare, allow assistance only for the first child. After that, families are completely on their own.