Why should I support someone else?
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| Sat, 12-30-2006 - 1:24pm |
Let me start by saying that I"m new here so this may have already been discussed, but this has come up in my office several times and I wanted to get some other views of this.
I do payroll for a rather small company so I know most of the workers and their wives (most of the workers are men due to the nature of our business). There are two in particular who's wives SAH. These two are up to their eyeballs in debt. I have bill collectors constantly calling for them. That part is really their business, it is annoying but I enjoy being rude back to the bill collectors, lol.
The part that bothers me is that both wives have been in the office wanting copies of X amount of check stubs so that they can go and get public assistance (I know because they told me that is what it is for)! Why should my tax money go so that these women can SAH? I know that not all families that one parent stays at home are like this, but I know lots that are. Heck, growing up we were always broke because my mother refused to work, but we weren't on any public assistance.
So, why should I pay for a woman to SAH? Why can't she go and get a job to support her family just like anyone else?


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Of course I've seen it. I've seen prostitutes picking up johns, too. I've seen illegal drugs sold...and to people who would never stoop to inviting their dealer to dinner or the theater.
They don't call the participants of ALL those illegal activities "common criminals" simply because people are fond of alliteration. Crime is common. So are those who support it with their money.
Just google "cost of raising a child" for a variety of studies and sources.
For example, according to MSN Money:
"For 2004, the newest data available, the U.S. Department of Agriculture estimates that families making $70,200 a year or more will spend a whopping $269,520 to raise a child from birth through age 17. Higher-income families in urban areas in the West spend the most, $284,460."
That figure is low for us. In the past 7 years, we've spent over $160,000 on childcare for only 2 kids.
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There is nothing to go back and forth on...a claim was made, no support was given, point is moot.
<<Perhaps you should research it yourself it seems like you may need to. >>
Not really, the point is moot.
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