Duggar family welcomes 18th child

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Originally Posted by Spitfire

I was replying to the topic in general. I honestly find it sickening that some US citizens find it necessary to play breeding games when were in a state of economic crisis. There are thousands of homeless children out there and these assholes want to reinforce that the US is still somehow the richest country in the world even though we can't even figure out what the hell to do about our own money problems. And what's a better way to do that then by having 10 kids and either having enough money to pay for them, which is a waste when that same money could be donated to children who need it and not spoiling them, or taking it from hard working middle classer's who pay for it in taxes when you go on welfare.

If it's a person's choice to have kids or not, or to have only one child, then it's certainly his/her choice to have 18 kids. You can't have it only one way, it's not fair. Not that I'm advocating popping out zillions of babies and living on welfare, but that's not what this family is doing, is it? There are other large families who can make ends meet without relying on government aid, too. I grew up with 6 younger siblings. Not on quite the same scale as this family, but we did just fine. We weren't rich, mind you, but I had all that I needed and then some.

What I think is ridiculous is a couple who are having trouble conceiving so they spend tens of thousands of dollars on fertility treatments when there are kids in need of homes in this country and in others. But, that's their choice and they have the right to do so.

Do you know what it takes to adopt a child? I recently talked to a woman who works part time for an adoption agency that adopts out of eastern Europe. Even with their comparatively easy system, it takes a year or two and $40,000. Not everyone can afford that.