Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Octuplets could be costly for taxpayers

To be clear, I think this woman is a pretty horrible person with a poor grasp of reality. She's horrible because she's condemning these 14 kids to a life of hardship. Planning on supporting them by landing a reality-show gig is akin to planning to support them by hitting the lotto, or becoming a rock star. And yet, despite my seething disgust for this selfish imbecile, the main thing i keep thinking is "those poor kids". It's really the kids who will suffer, for both material things and for attention and emotional nourishment. I don't care how loving you think you are, there's only 24 hours in a day, and 14 babies. You just - physically - can't care for each of them in a day. How'd you like to be kid #9 of 14, growing up on foodstamps and seeing mom for 20 minutes a day? Plus now the taxpayers have to foot the bill!

Oh wait, she's going into the lucrative profession of "counseling".

Octuplets could be costly for taxpayers

As a single parent with no income, Nadya Suleman could receive thousands of dollars a month in government assistance. And the Medi-Cal bill for her newborns is mounting.

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1 comment:

Ryan (LWM) said...

They should move her into a two-bedroom apartment with 13 other people and make her live there, meanwhile take the kids and give them to people who can provide.