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In the discussion thread: (Suze Orman)Apparently Poor & Middle Class People Shouldn't Have Babies [View all]

Response to Uranus Needs Men (Reply #15)

Tue Dec 13, 2011, 11:37 PM

frazzled (18,341 posts)

28. Hello, you try re-reading

I think I was quite clear in telling Suze (I addressed HER, not the parents), in a very sarcastic way, that she shouldn't dis poor and middle class people having kids: they might just be the ones taking care of her in her old age. And us--you and me. It's an economic and social argument aimed at a financial planner who thinks about nothing but money. Not about personal choices about having children.

If you insist on reading your own agenda into this, there's nothing I can do about it. I'm not your coworker, and I don't believe people have kids to take care of them later. Just stay on your moonbeam, though, and dream I am saying what you want me to be saying--so you can insult it. But it wasn't what I was saying, and there's no rational argument you can make that says that it was.

Cheerio, and please try to be less grinchy and self-righteous for the holidays (which I don't celebrate).

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40 replies	Author	Time	Post
(Suze Orman)Apparently Poor & Middle Class People Shouldn't Have Babies [View all]	The Straight Story	Dec 2011	OP
Well, I agree with it to some degree	Uranus Needs Men	Dec 2011	#1
While their intentions are honorable, their priorities are out of whack	rocktivity	Dec 2011	#7
Many, many people work on different shifts and their families do just fine. It takes a lot of extra	Brickbat	Dec 2011	#12
they may want their child to have siblings to grow up with, to teach, to learn from, etc.	CreekDog	Dec 2011	#22
this is what we do	Maine-ah	Dec 2011	#27
Since we are all anonymous on here, may I ask	shift happens	Dec 2011	#32
combined income while I was working was 70k a year.	Maine-ah	Dec 2011	#38
I agree with Suze.	DeadEyeDyck	Dec 2011	#2
"Their expenses are $6500/mo. They make $5600/mo" Obviously that's not working.	alphafemale	Dec 2011	#3
But if they don't want her advise	DeadEyeDyck	Dec 2011	#6
"You CAN'T afford another kid" is exactly correct.	ManiacJoe	Dec 2011	#31
I agree too	lakerboy	Dec 2011	#4
Nobody can actually afford a child	Missy Vixen	Dec 2011	#5
But Suze ...	frazzled	Dec 2011	#8
Your response illustrates what (for me) is so despicable about those contemplating having children	Uranus Needs Men	Dec 2011	#11
You've got it all wrong	frazzled	Dec 2011	#14
Re-read your post, m'dear	Uranus Needs Men	Dec 2011	#15
Hello, you try re-reading	frazzled	Dec 2011	#28
I'm finding your posts kind of amusing	cali	Dec 2011	#17
What the hell!	vankuria	Dec 2011	#23
Jesus Christ people	frazzled	Dec 2011	#29
Wasn't addressing your post, sorry	vankuria	Dec 2011	#39
Heh, I'm sorry, too!	frazzled	Dec 2011	#40
How much of that income is made by the wife/mother?	customerserviceguy	Dec 2011	#9
They are about the same but she carries the insurance	sammytko	Dec 2011	#13
In a lot of places	customerserviceguy	Dec 2011	#24
Growing up in with constant financial stress is hard on kids	REP	Dec 2011	#10
Post removed	Post removed	Dec 2011	#16
oh codswallop. I know lots of kids who grew up relatively (and quite) poor	cali	Dec 2011	#18
I agree with Suze - here's my take (or story as it were) -	Mira	Dec 2011	#19
Forgoing a second child will not solve their income/spending problem. She should address that first.	Brickbat	Dec 2011	#20
They are running $900 in the red every month. Until they can get that straightened out,	iris27	Dec 2011	#21
Right now they can't afford another ANYTHING!	WillowTree	Dec 2011	#25
I agree, though I haven't read her exact words. It's much more expensive to have children	napi21	Dec 2011	#26
i don't watch videos but yah suze is right	pitohui	Dec 2011	#30
why would anyone ask her for advice to have another child?	madrchsod	Dec 2011	#33
I don't think she's saying that. She's saying people in the red shouldn't be having kids.	Selatius	Dec 2011	#34
I have to say on that matter, that we are over populated.	juajen	Dec 2011	#35
Suze estimated it costs an additional $700-1000 a month per child.	boppers	Dec 2011	#36
Orman is a charlatan, but...	Sen. Walter Sobchak	Dec 2011	#37

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