Terry Mitchell

How Much of a Windfall Could Octuplets Bring?



Posted: Wednesday, July 19, 2006

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I read a story on the Internet a few months ago about a couple in Kansas City who falsely claimed to have had sextuplets in order to glean financial donations from their community and around the nation. They even set up web page that allowed people to use their credit cards to donate. Now that they've been found out, this couple could be in trouble with the law and are now apologizing to everyone and promising to return all of their ill-gotten gain.

I'm just surprised that this kind of scam doesn't happen more often. Giving birth to multiples has become a cottage industry in the United States, bringing economic windfalls to the lucky couples. It's almost as good as winning the lottery!

A few weeks ago, a local TV station reported the story of a couple who had recently given birth to quadruplets. According to the story, members of their church were footing the bill for them to live in a luxury hotel, rent free, until a brand new 3000-square-foot home could be built for them. And, you guessed it, the church members were going to pay for this house. If I were a member of that church, I would halt my donations, or at least designate them for missions or something else other than this couple's dream house.

I really don't understand the concept of enriching the parents of multiples. Where did it ever come from? It seems to me that the father, at least, would be ashamed to accept such charity. Once upon a time, it was a man's responsibility to support his own progeny. If he produced them, he was expected to pay for them, no matter how many (at a time). Obviously, times change, and sadly for the worse.


Terry Mitchell is a software engineer, freelance writer, amateur political analyst, and blogger from Virginia, USA. He posts a least one article a day to his blog - http://commenterry.blogs.com - on subjects such as current events, politics, technology, society and culture, religion, health and well-being, self improvement, personal finance, trivia, and sports. Terry is also the owner and operator of a website that is dedicated to allowing U.S. citizens to find all types of insurance at reasonable prices.  
 
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