“You just don’t want to give up the lifestyle.”
You have no idea what you are talking about; people use MY lifestyle as their justification for never having children. There is no savings, just a paycheck-to-paycheck subsistence in an aging home I’m determined to provide for my family (that allows them to have close relationships with their extended family), with an aging vehicle, necessary dental work deferred for both myself and my wife, etc. My children’s Christian friends are exclusively Hispanic (as is my wife - a resident alien), while others are Muslim or Hindu; they have intact, traditional families (unlike many Americans I know), and none are only children (they all have siblings). The food stamps’ issue is absurd; I use the public schools because I can’t afford the alternative (and I pay for them), and see no relationship to food stamps at all.
I am exercising my freedoms to the best of my abilities, in a manner compatible with my faith.
It appears I’ve hit a nerve.
I did mention that I wasn’t attacking you personally, didn’t I? You merely offered a convenient example, and I tried to address it in such terms.
I do find it bizarre that anyone could fail to see that public education is a welfare program. But I won’t inflict myself on you any further :)