Knight
Well-known Member
I liked the recent post by Butterfly because it shows the difference between postings.
In my post I focused on the woman & didn't say anything about welfare queen or living high off the hog. I didn't offer any personal or family member experiences.
Quote
"I wonder by posting what I think. I think the more kids you have with not enough income or any income this mother of 11 used the system to live well above what others that work & struggle do."
This is the kind of info I use to come to the conclusion I did.
In 2018, 38.1 million people were in poverty. Or at least that’s the number the U.S. Census Bureau has calculated. For decades now, researchers and advocates have argued that the official number is much too low. Using more complex measures of economic insecurity and the costs facing low-income households, one study found that at least 3.2 million more people should be classified as being “in poverty” based on inflation changes alone; another analysis found that almost 51 million households struggle to pay for basic necessities such as food, housing, and health care.
In 2018, the poverty line was $25,465 for a family of four—two adults and two children—and the official poverty rate was 11.8 percent.
https://www.americanprogress.org/is...poverty-line-matters-isnt-capturing-everyone/
Given that as a reference. Living in the home she did, with no info about any other social programs she was eligible for just the home & having two vehicles IMO I think the more kids you have with not enough income or any income this mother of 11 used the system to live well above what others that work & struggle do.
Not as a welfare queen or living high off the hog but certainly better than millions of others. I should have written uses the system not used since I'm guessing she still qualifies for help. Not that she shouldn't get help, more about the lack of info to be better informed about what social assistance is possible when that assistance provides for a standard of living that APPEARS to be better than those living below poverty level.
In my post I focused on the woman & didn't say anything about welfare queen or living high off the hog. I didn't offer any personal or family member experiences.
Quote
"I wonder by posting what I think. I think the more kids you have with not enough income or any income this mother of 11 used the system to live well above what others that work & struggle do."
This is the kind of info I use to come to the conclusion I did.
In 2018, 38.1 million people were in poverty. Or at least that’s the number the U.S. Census Bureau has calculated. For decades now, researchers and advocates have argued that the official number is much too low. Using more complex measures of economic insecurity and the costs facing low-income households, one study found that at least 3.2 million more people should be classified as being “in poverty” based on inflation changes alone; another analysis found that almost 51 million households struggle to pay for basic necessities such as food, housing, and health care.
In 2018, the poverty line was $25,465 for a family of four—two adults and two children—and the official poverty rate was 11.8 percent.
https://www.americanprogress.org/is...poverty-line-matters-isnt-capturing-everyone/
Given that as a reference. Living in the home she did, with no info about any other social programs she was eligible for just the home & having two vehicles IMO I think the more kids you have with not enough income or any income this mother of 11 used the system to live well above what others that work & struggle do.
Not as a welfare queen or living high off the hog but certainly better than millions of others. I should have written uses the system not used since I'm guessing she still qualifies for help. Not that she shouldn't get help, more about the lack of info to be better informed about what social assistance is possible when that assistance provides for a standard of living that APPEARS to be better than those living below poverty level.