[Malsua]

he family claims to be raising their four children on combined income of about $45,000 a year

Self imployed people typically avoid taxes by paying themselves low salaries. They instead rent from themselves, and do other things. Paying 40k in tuition means these folks probably have "real" discretionary incomes north of 200k/year.

[sonic109]

Common sense tells you that if you are paying 40k to send a kid to school you are making some good money. I’d say more than 200K..AT 200K they would be using 1/5 of their income on school tuition . I doubt that .

[norton]

"The family claims to be raising their four children on combined income of about $45,000 a year..."

I figured this one out; the combined income of the two kids is "about $45K a year if you don't count food, iPods and designer clothes. Maybe the other two are on scholarships from the Downtrodden Woodworkers of Amerika [AFL/CIO/Dem] or don't need school because they'll inherit daddy's two businesses.

Come to think of it, according to one of the links, momma went to college to become a receptionist at a cat hospital and dada claims to be saving money by stiffing his own family on insurance, education us SO overrated (/sarc).

[3Lean]

And if the $45k a year is true then “Dad” should stop playing at his woodworking hobby and get a real job so he can support his family, rather than expecting the rest of us to manage his obiligations so he isn’t “forced” to give up his dream life of idleness...

[ChocChipCookie]

Paying 40k in tuition means these folks probably have "real" discretionary incomes north of 200k/year.

My guess is that there are rich grandparents on one or both sides of the family who are paying the tuition. I doubt the other two kids go to public school, so the annual tuition payment for this family is more than most families earn in a year.