Father of Thirty Says “Give Me a Break”

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[Sub-Driver]

Father of Thirty Says “Give Me a Break” From the desk of Paul Belien on Sat, 2006-12-23 22:12

Serge Régnier (as some readers may remember) is a 47-year old Belgian with three wives and thirty children. In 1986 Régnier married Christine Wuest (who is now 38). They have fifteen children, between 19 years and 11 months old. A couple of years later, Christine’s homeless sister Karine Wuest (now 35 years old) came to live with the couple. Soon she fell in love with Serge. Christine consented in her husband taking her sister as a second wife. Serge and Karine have six children, between 10 years and 10 months old.

All that time, Serge had been meeting his former girlfriend Judith De Leenheer (now 38 years old). When Judith’s marriage broke up – which was not altogether surprising since all her children were Serge’s rather than her husband’s – Serge asked his two wives whether they would mind taking her in. They did not mind. Serge and Judith have nine children, between 18 years and 10 months old. They all live together in Serge’s house in Marcinelle, a town in Wallonia, the French-speaking South of Belgium.

The Belgians call Régnier, a stocky, balding man, the “Marcinelle bull.” Non-Belgians wonder perhaps how he provides for his large family. Here is the answer.

Régnier applied for and received the status of an invalid from Wallonia's generous welfare authorities. He consequently receives a welfare check of over €1,000 a month. His three wives are all unemployed. Hence, they each get €800 in unemployment benefits. On top of this the family receives €4,000 in child allowances. This makes a grand total of more than €7,400 a month ($9,700 or £4,960) – all of it provided by Belgium’s taxpayers.

[Sub-Driver]

good grief...........

[encm(ss)]

Why work when the gov. will give you $9K per month to make babies? Socialism! Ain't it great? I hope he gets health benefits for him and his family. America will be next.

[Ken522]

This guy is the Original Welfare King!

[garyhope]

Just doing the work the pomme frites won't do.

Thank God some native Europeans are reproducing.

I wonder if an Muslim taxpayers are funding this?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Let's ship all the Katrina refugees to Belgium!

[socialismisinsidious]

From the article: I do not know why Serge Régnier is unable to work for a living,...

It is amazing how naive socialists are....duh, he doesn't work b/c he doesn't have to. Notice that all three wives hope to have another baby in 2007...ain't socialism grand!

Since no government in Belgium is formed without the approval of a majority in both Flanders and Wallonia, the Francophone Socialists have ensured themselves of an almost permanent reign. They proceed to buy voters by promising them a permanent flow of Flemish taxpayers' money to Wallonia.

No! just shocking, vote buying with tax money...who woulda thunk? /s
The promise of "free" health care will put US here soon.

[Cvengr]

For an invalid it reads as though he still has one good leg ....

[labette]

The home sounds like a potential Democrat congressional district all it's own.

[woofie]

too much sperm ...a major problem among some native cultures

[jdm]

This is sickening.

[patton]

Actually, it is funny. Thank God it is in europe, though.

[Polybius]

On top of this the family receives €4,000 in child allowances. This makes a grand total of more than €7,400 a month ($9,700 or £4,960) – all of it provided by Belgium’s taxpayers.

On the other hand, the man is singlehandedly trying to solve Europe's non-Muslim population bust and that has to be worth something.

He's "doing it" for his country. :-)

[Charles Henrickson]

I think the wives need to get a Serge protector.

[Lawgvr1955]

I think the wives need to get a Serge protector.

I doff my chapeau to you sir. Very good!!

[Tall_Texan]

Give HIM a break? What about the women?

[mikrofon]

One Man, 30 Brussels sprouts...

[martin_fierro]

Régnier applied for and received the status of an invalid from Wallonia's generous welfare authorities.

Anti-FreeRider-Who-Is-Nonetheless-A-FreeRider PING

[martin_fierro]

In 1986 Régnier married Christine Wuest (who is now 38). They have fifteen children, between 19 years and 11 months old. A couple of years later, Christine’s homeless sister Karine Wuest (now 35 years old) came to live with the couple. Soon she fell in love with Serge.

Do your Wuest.

Then her sister.

[Mr. Blonde]

And he is sneaking off with another woman it sounds like. He must have one great personality. Or maybe women there just look for balding overweight welfare recipients.

[ThreePuttinDude]

Here's the whole gang of 'em