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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Jennie
I guess to me, *moving up* in life has more to do with learning and growing as a person as opposed to *things*.
And dont get me wrong, I like nice things just as much as the next person. But I certainly am not going to say I'm *too good* for secondhand. Using a decent amount of secondhand items is part of walking gently on this earth-as opposed to trodding on it and continuing to destroy its resources.
And really, this discussion has taken place here before, but never owning a used car isnt really a smart financial move overall.
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Dj
"Now when I need help, I look in the mirror" ~Kanye West~
I worry about my kids affording homes and such too but I don't let it overwhelm me as I know everything always works out. If we didn't buy our house when we did, we wouldn't even be able to afford some of the rents out there today. Things just happen at the right times.
my 9 1/2 and 7 1/2 girls aren't into fashion but do like the girly stuff like lip gloss and nail polish.........when i think of fashion,i think of that seventeen magazine look. clothes.
Edited 1/31/2007 8:30 pm ET by egd3blessed
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