She was working and all of the other kids are grown up. The husband also had a job as a heavy equipment operator.
They appeared to be your average working class country people.
And I think it is totally racist to bring up welfare as if all people like this are on welfare. You didn't ask that about the lady from new york. Or was it because you knew her race?
Assumptions can be a dangerous thing when talking about people on welfare. Believe that!
I don't know or care what race this woman is. I read that she started pumping out kids when she was 15 and is still having them 45 years later, and assumed she was gaming the system.
You can call me a racist if you want, but you don't know me and you don't know what you're talking about.
Secondly,I know that Aleta St.James has the money to take care of her children.
Thirdly,rather than race,I based my replies on the info in the article.Generally 15 year olds (which IS what the article claimed she was,when she had her first child!) aren't usually married and neither do they have jobs.Even the working poor get some government assistance,when they have children and I'm NOT talking about welfare,but programs such as WIC.And this was even MORE true,41 years ago.
Now,don't you feel foolish?