How much public assistance did the Dugars receive?
According to this article, none:
To my knowledge, the Duggers didn’t receive any public financial assistance. I understood that the Dad had a job..a politician I think?? Unless you call a paycheck from a public job as public financial assistance.
I don’t know if they were paid for the tv show they did as a family. Not all people who participate in tv shows are paid. The kids most likely contributed toward the family income as they came of working age. We have no idea how much they may have received through voluntary contributions from their church, or what services they as a family may have performed as a result of those contributions.
None. The adults had jobs. They also rented some land to a telecom company for a cell tower. They were paid for the tv program. Not only that, they lived debt-free, so they didn’t have a mortgage deduction. They paid local property taxes but didn’t use the public schools.
Nonetheless, some people here insisted that somehow, someway, the Duggars’ many children MUST HAVE been “taking my money.” It’s insane.