Posted on 05/31/2009 5:22:33 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Details of Desmond Hatchett's remarkable family emerged when he was taken to court by the authorities in Knoxville, Tennessee, for failing to keep up with maintenance payments.
He had four children in a single year – twice.
Mr Hatchett, who works in a minimum wage job, said that he was not trying to break a record and has no plans to have any more children.
He insists that he knows all of their names, ages and birthdays.
"I'm done. I'll say I'm done," he told WVLT local television.
"I didn't intend to have this many. It just happened."
Knox County Juvenile Child Support Court heard that the law prevents the state authorities taking more than half of his salary.
Although the mothers would normally receive between $25 (£15.60) and $309 (£194) a month depending on how many children they have, some of them will take away only $1.98 (£1.24) when the money available is divided up.
Hatchett's attorney Keith Pope said: "The children can't be supported all by Desmond, so the state of Tennessee has had to step in."
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Maybe Octo-mom should meet this Scattergun dad - could be a match made in heaven.
He would be done for sure if I had anything to say about it.
If Welfare did not exist people would be more careful with their lives.
For some reason, I’m reminded of the first few minutes of the Mike Judge film “Idiocracy”...
Yet all those kids are going to grow up and, more than likely, be non producers. Can you guess who is going to outvote who??
Eliminate government run welfare. Not reform, not tweak. Eliminate
Once again we are forced to go across the pond for news that should make every American proud. Given the levels of gross incompetence and a total failure to provide for the financial well being of his brood, castration would seem to be well in order.
“Desmond?”... Let me guess.
He works a minimum wage job and can’t support his children yet it looks like he can afford a cell phone. All cultures are not equal.
By 11 different women?
That is NOT a FAMILY.
That is a brood of unfortunate children sired by a BASTARD of a human being, by an ILLEGITIMATE parent.
I don't call children illegitimate and bastards. They had nothing to do with it. Only the adults who bring them into this world and don't raise them deserve those names.
Here he is.
Gee, if only he had a talent that actually was worth something...
Good observation regarding the cell phone; I thought it was a box of condoms. Doh! I haven’t put my glasses on today yet.
No amount of birth control education will stop it.
Only an attitude change and possibly welfare stoppage will work.
Both solutions are unlikely to change.
Desmond ??
“Hatch”ett???
Desmond in the hatch from Lost???
Another made up article, not the first from the Telegraph?
Sounds fishy...
How mean spirited, cruel and insensitive and republican of you.
The gooberiment has promised all those welfare queens and baby daddy losers this country has produced: a hammock, an easy life, the American ghetto dream.
No need to work, no need to be responsible, no need to think for the future.
How dare you ask them to be personally responsible for their life and their bastard seed.?
I guess you didn't vote for Obama?
< / s >
I like your statement above and in certain instances there would be a huge ring of truth to it; however, overall, I disagree.
Some (actually, many) people are unfortunately raised scum and make poor choices when they grow older and would just end up dead on the streets instead (without welfare).
And that may not be a bad thing, as "mean" as that sounds.
I mean, if you're not contributing to society in any real, meaningful way (or even trying), what's the point of being here?
Coulter on "Guilty" is very good on the criminal classes and their confusion about responsibility. "The knife 'went in'." No, you little twerp, you pushed it in, you stabbed him. Knives don't move on their own. "It just happened?" I don't think so ...
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