The main problem I have with it all is this: There are people with 1 maybe 2 children in the world that are doing everything they can do just to scrape by without public assistance, welfare, donations, etc..These people had good jobs at one time and were doing well, but lost jobs, something bad happened, etc. these are the people that should get some help...even if its just a little, but they can't. Then people like this go out and have litters upon litters of kids and everyone is breaking down doors to help them..they get money, cars, houses, free food, free diapers, etc. I think if you put yourself in that predicament, you should have to deal with it on your own. If all those companies helped people that are actually trying on their own and have legitimate reasons for needing the things they need, those companies would be looked at better than donating stuff to someone who chose to do this to themselves....maybe I'm wrong, maybe I'm right, but I can't see it any other way at this point. I think this lady has some serious mental problems! I understand that a human life is a miracle, but come on....this is science, not a miracle. Now if she got pregnant with 8 babies on her own, without any fertility drugs, invitro, etc......then THAT would be a miracle.
See, that's what kills me too. I work like 1-2 days per week, go to college, I can barely pay my rent and bills, and I don't qualify for any public assistance. Not like I'd really feel like stooping to the level of being on public assistance, but, for the point of argument... the one girl I work with, she just had a baby with her boyfriend (born out of wedlock), and she gets all these tax refunds for being a single mother, she's able to be on all these programs because she had a baby, she qualifies for food stamps (and she works 40 hours per week, which is like 25-32 more than I EVER work)....and I was just having this conversation with someone else the other day. It's unfair. I mean it's like the government is condoning people having babies, especially people having LOTS of babies, because the more people have, the easier it is for them to get on welfare, WIC, and every other program out there, whereas those of us without kids, who barely are paying our own way, wouldn't qualify for any help if we applied.
I also think, she
chose to possibly have 8 babies. She knew that getting 8 embryos implanted left the option open for her to have all 8. Because that was intentional on her part, I think she should deal with the consequences without help. I'm sure she'll end up with the free cars and free diapers and all that... but I don't think she should. You choose to have 8 babies, fine, but I feel you better support them yourself. You wanted them, right? If companies are gonna pay for someone with 8 babies to have formula, then why shouldn't someone with 3 babies get free formula? Because they had less kids? I mean where do you draw the line? How can we say "oh its not fair for her to have to pay for all that...because she had 8 kids" - but we think it's ok for those with only a few kids to have to pay? I realize this isn't like a government funded thing, I realize it's donations from companies, but I just think it's unfair. I feel that if she should get free stuff like that, then I think so should everyone that has babies, not just unusual cases like this.
And about them all getting attention. Here's the thing. My friend with her boyfriend has a baby. One baby. Between the two of them, they are with that baby all the time, because it always needs something. HOW is this lady going to do that with 8 (plus the others she has)??? Especially being a single mother. In my mind, the only way all of her children are going to have enough quality time spent with them is for her to stay home with them AND probably have like a live-in nanny. Now, if she's staying home, she won't be working and will have to draw on the state, like a million other people who have A FEW kids (not nearly this many) and can't afford it, and in the event she somehow DOESN'T get the cars and free formula and all that, imagine her whole family with kids becoming dependent on the state. As if there aren't enough people sucking the economy and state dry as it is.
Sorry if this upsets anyone, but this is JMO.
