The SNAP economy

Moderator1 · Mar 29, 2013

Sweet deal.

Turtle Wexler · Mar 29, 2013

Mark2010 said:

The story reminds me of stories I read about life in the old Soviet Union years ago... food shortages, people living well below the poverty line, just struggling to survive from one month to the next.

When I read stories like this, I always wonder what on earth a 21-year-old couple who just graduated high school is doing having two kids? Do people not realize how expensive it is to raise kids and that, if you can't feed yourself, having yet another mouth to feed (not to mention clothing, medical care, etc.) is just one more burden that you probably don't need? I grew up in a middle class family but was cautioned over and over and over about the folly of marrying too young and/or having kids that you're not economically prepared to support. It just amazes me how many people failed to get that memo.

But a pretty well written story on a really shocking situation that I suspect is happening in a lot of places.
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Reasonably priced birth control can be difficult to obtain these days. Lack of birth control + lack of access to abortion (+/- views on abortion, religion, family pressure, etc.) = more children.

terrier · Mar 30, 2013

Turtle Wexler said:

Mark2010 said:

The story reminds me of stories I read about life in the old Soviet Union years ago... food shortages, people living well below the poverty line, just struggling to survive from one month to the next.

When I read stories like this, I always wonder what on earth a 21-year-old couple who just graduated high school is doing having two kids? Do people not realize how expensive it is to raise kids and that, if you can't feed yourself, having yet another mouth to feed (not to mention clothing, medical care, etc.) is just one more burden that you probably don't need? I grew up in a middle class family but was cautioned over and over and over about the folly of marrying too young and/or having kids that you're not economically prepared to support. It just amazes me how many people failed to get that memo.

But a pretty well written story on a really shocking situation that I suspect is happening in a lot of places.
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Reasonably priced birth control can be difficult to obtain these days. Lack of birth control + lack of access to abortion (+/- views on abortion, religion, family pressure, etc.) = more children.
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The next one of these we'll read will come from North Dakota.

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