+420 It annoys you when you see a family with more kids than they can afford, living in an old, rundown house, apartment, or trailer and they own a big screen tv, iPhones, a wii and a humoungus DVD and video game collection. They shouldn't be spending all that money on entertainment, when their kids need to go to college. Kids first, unneccessarily large tv later. amirite?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

all that stuff still doesnt compare to 1 year of college

by Anonymous 12 years ago

7 children 7 350 dollar iPhones= 2450 7 children 80 dollars a month for iPhone plan x 1 year=6720 Flat screen tv= 1000 dollars Wii = 250 dollars 25 video games 50 dollars each=1250 dollars 50 DVDs 25 dollars each =1250 dollars All coming together for 10470 dollars. Many state schools in America cost about 5000 dollars a year. So.... Your wrong

by Anonymous 12 years ago

7 children 1 year of college a piece based off your math thats $35,000

by Anonymous 12 years ago

You're comparing the total collection of all 7 kids to the cost of college for one kid. You have to consider a year of college for all 7 kids, which, by your numbers, would be 35,000 dollars. Three and a half times your total of all their possessions.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Their plan is to spend all their money so they can qualify for financial aid. Not that those types of people generally go to the best of colleges.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Except with financial aid its not based on how much money you have, but how much you make. So they're going to think, well if you can afford those tvs you can afford college and give them nothing (or next to it)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

They won't know what type of entertainment you have. And perhaps they take into consideration how much money you make, but that is definitely not the sole criteria for their decision because they're obviously not going to give a rich kid financial aid because his parents don't work and instead inherited money so they're not earning anything.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's considered income still, inherited money. Like if you win the lottery that money is "income" you won. inheritance is like that. and 80% of their decision is based on how much you and your parents make. No they dont know what you have, vut they look at what you had BEFORE you bought that television. If you are rich and spend all your money on frivilous things you can be broke as hell, but you're still not getting aid from the government for school because you make so much in the beginning. Get it?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, that makes sense.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I worked in an entertainment store, and we saw a ton of people on welfare come through buying Xbox 360's and shit. So all that expensive technology flies under the radar. They still make next to nothing and get plenty of financial aid. I always wished we were allowed to deny them their purchase, but I'd have gotten fired...

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I disagree with the college part, but yeah if they didn't spend their money on entertainment crap, they could have saved up for a better place to raise their children.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

My friend lives in a trailer park, has complained about not having enough money to feed himself and his sister, and wears the same clothes all the time. But he has an Xbox 360, an iPad, iPhone 4s, iTouch, a Wii, a flatscreen, etc etc. Like WTF?!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I have a friend who couldn't afford a swim suit for gym class,whose family eats oatmeal for every meal unless there is some sort of special occasion, and lives a too small apartment, yet, their family owns a mac book pro. That's a good $1500 that can be spent towards feeding your family.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That eating oatmeal for every meal thing, um. There are food banks. They can get help in that department. I find that just sad. And although oatmeal is healthy, too much of anything is not healthy. I think your friend needs help.

by Anonymous 12 years ago