What the f is wrong with people? I have a friend who is a single mom but she makes good money. She has a full time job, has her own business and uses her basement as an AirBnB. She has a comfortable life like that. Her husband pays some child support. She was told by an acquaintance that moms like her who are single…

Several people have. The rest of the family have been silent. They did not really want to be included in any of the funeral and burial arrangements although his dad did offer to pay a good bit. They did not come for viewing at all which everyone thought was weird and they did not say more than a few words at the…

The waiting list for subsidized housing in my area is unreal. I own the house I live in now but I was living in a trailer not that awful long ago- the front room just collapsed- you could see the outside through the floor in the corner. I call and ask about what I needed to do and they told me they could take my…

I’m so sorry for your friend. I hope the rest of her husband’s family isn’t as...ignorant and misinformed. Tell her to take the food stamps. Save what money she can. (Trump would say she was just being smart. /s) Don’t let her put herself in the situation where she may have to be beholden to her husband’s family…

That sucks. I have a friend who was a stay at home mom who recently got divorced. She lives in a house which she was trying to get out of-but here you literally have to be homeless to get on the list for subsidized housing, which isn’t exactly feasible with three children. So now she’s stuck there basically only being…

I finally gave up and unfollowed someone on FB- she found out she was pregnant and bitched about the high cost of everything- and while we all knew that she qualified for assistance including health care and foodstamps she swore she would never, ever take them because she was not one of “those” people.

She does. After meeting one of the husband’s family members not too long ago I know why she tried to keep this whole thing a secret and why she is so reluctant to take the food stamps.

That’s horrendous. And the stigma that people feel to take benefits they are entitled to and need is awful. Thanks, GOP.

I hope she knows that person is completely full of shit.

Welp, I am going to be the one to bring up subsidized childcare. A friend of mine just lost her husband’s income after his death. She absolutely has to keep on working but she has no one to take care of her kids. She went to the welfare department and filled out the paperwork for assistance so that she can keep on…

That’s what we paid when she was 12 weeks until 2. It was a relief to get passed that stage.

Almost $16,000 for two kids part-time at a licensed preschool facility. Two snacks provided, breakfast and lunch have to be brought by children. Midwest state in a little country town that is a ‘commuter’ down to a big named University. I literally almost wept on my firstborn’s first day of kindergarten this year. My…

$13,312/year for care for my 11 month old. Also in the midwest.... and so so so broke from daycare!

$9,894 per year here in Maine for my 3 year old to go to a daycare facility that stretches infant through preschool. It goes down a tiny bit for each stage but like $6/week. And from what I’ve heard from friends living in more populated areas like Portland, we’re getting a deal. I’ve been looking more and more into…

$18,000 a year for a two year old in a daycare center + ~$2700 a year for aftercare (3:30 - 6 pm) for my first grader

$16k a year (roughly) from 18 mos. to 3 y/o. Writing that final check was such a relief. They did a great job and essentially potty trained him.

We’re looking at daycares now. The ones that provide breakfast, lunch & snack are around $1250-$1400/month for infant day care. The ones that don’t provide food are still between $850 and $1100/month for infant day care. It goes down SLIGHTLY for toddlers. I live in Pittsburgh, which was called one of the affordable…

I think daycare and college tuition should both be subsidized by the government.

Ironically, that’s the exact amount I pay to send my 3 year old to a licensed day care center in the northeast - but she only goes three days a week. Also, breakfast and lunch are not included in mine.

Don’t have kids. Problem solved. Just don’t ask us to subsidize birth control, you slut.

Sincerely,
The G.O.P.