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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Same here. I always wanted children and never considered not having them. I did wait until I felt I was stable enough to provide for them in the ways you mentioned, but to never have them simply because I might have to become a *thrift store* person? Cant imagine.
Dj-who shops at thrift stores because its FUN....
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Jennie
We bought a crib but ended up never using it. We had a bassinet in our room, co-slept, and then when ds was 2 he went to a toddler bed.
dj
Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
Jennie
Jennie
I NEVER pay full price at the Gap or Children's Place. Everything I buy is some kind of sale and I ALWAYS have some coupon I got in the mail. I don't have money to throw around but I also don't feel the need to buy my children used clothes from someone I have no clue who was wearing or what kind of house they came from. This is just my preference.
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