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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth
I don't know how welfare works in the us but here in canada many poor people see having a kid as a meal ticket. The more kids they have the more money the government gives them. Its not a lot but they still see it as free money and many of them are able to survive on it. Combine that with some of the various tax credits they get for having children and being under a certain income level and its almost crazy how much money they get for free just for spitting out kids.
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There are some people who make being in the system a career. When I was growing up there was a woman in the town I lived in who had four kids from four different guys. She was proud of being on welfare because she considered herself a full time mom. Her oldest, a daughter, got knocked up at 17 and her mom was so proud she would tell people about how she was getting on welfare. She would talk about it like her daughter just became a doctor or something.
Another example. I overheard two women talking once. One had a small kid and was pregnant. They were talking about her welfare and she said she can't wait for her baby to come because she will be getting a "raise."