How can someone raise their kids on low wages.?

Keepersdau

How can someone support four children, by only making 10 or 11.00 an hour?

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As Stephen said, there is assistance out there, you just need to see if you qualify. You can apply for WIC and Food Stamps, you can apply for housing and daycare subsidies. You can also apply for energy assistance to help cover the electric and gas. Just call your local provider and ask if there is a program.

I shopped consignment and thrift stores for clothes. Only buy at retail stores when there's a sale.

We did without cable. We got channels 8, 10, and 13 and both old movie channels. Not one of the kids ever complained.

Get a landline instead of a cell phone.

Apply for Child Support for the kids, you don't have to be divorced, you don't need a lawyer, just go down to Family Court and fill out the paperwork, turn it in, ask for a copy and attend your court date. Don't forget to request medical and dental insurance coverage on the kids as part of your child support. Child support is retroactive to the day you file, so if you are not receiving it, go do that Monday.

Have dinner on Sundays at Moms, lol.

Make sure your car is paid for so you don't have that payment and you aren't required to carry Comprehensive on your insurance.

Pre-plan where your income tax return will get you the best savings....know where that money goes because it's so hard to come by a lump sum these days. If Bobby plays baseball, set that money aside for when the season starts.

I wish you luck, dear,
and God bless you and yours.

Yard Sale Help please?

Airsoft M

I need help with two things:

About how many items should I have to attract buyers to my yard sale?

And, I also need help pricing some items. So far, I've only gotten the kids section done, so I'll ask you for that.

1 Nice, wooden clock.
2 RC Jeep w/ Controller
3 Virtual Reality Power Rangers
4 Kids 4-pc. drum set w/ sticks
5 Night Vision Binoculars
6 Walkie Talkie (pair)
7 Airsoft AK-47 w/ Magazines
8 BB jars of 500
9 Godzilla Move PSP
10 Game Boy game

11 Comics
12 Paper back books
13 Hard cover books
14 Musician Busts
15 Blue Man electric keyboard
16 Harry Potter Light Up Wand
17 Airsoft M14 w/ accessories
18 Airsoft Pistol w/ Magazine
19 Airsot Shotgun
20 57 collector hot wheel cars w/case
21 Plastic Storage Case
22 Harry Potter Golden Snitch w/ stand

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I don't have garage sales unless I have a ton of stuff to put out. I'm a huge garage saler but don't even bother stopiing if there isn't much out there. Most of m items I kept under $2 unles it was still new in box or something...I'd sa 1/2 of what the retail value was. I also did boxes where everything in one was $1 or another was all .50. All hanging clothes one set price. Makes it easier on you and the customers and give a good deal when the buy multiple items but don't get ripped off by cheap skates.

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How can someone raise their kids on low wages.?

Keepersdau

How can someone support four children, by only making 10 or 11.00 an hour?

Answer
As Stephen said, there is assistance out there, you just need to see if you qualify. You can apply for WIC and Food Stamps, you can apply for housing and daycare subsidies. You can also apply for energy assistance to help cover the electric and gas. Just call your local provider and ask if there is a program.

I shopped consignment and thrift stores for clothes. Only buy at retail stores when there's a sale.

We did without cable. We got channels 8, 10, and 13 and both old movie channels. Not one of the kids ever complained.

Get a landline instead of a cell phone.

Apply for Child Support for the kids, you don't have to be divorced, you don't need a lawyer, just go down to Family Court and fill out the paperwork, turn it in, ask for a copy and attend your court date. Don't forget to request medical and dental insurance coverage on the kids as part of your child support. Child support is retroactive to the day you file, so if you are not receiving it, go do that Monday.

Have dinner on Sundays at Moms, lol.

Make sure your car is paid for so you don't have that payment and you aren't required to carry Comprehensive on your insurance.

Pre-plan where your income tax return will get you the best savings....know where that money goes because it's so hard to come by a lump sum these days. If Bobby plays baseball, set that money aside for when the season starts.

I wish you luck, dear,
and God bless you and yours.

Yard Sale Help please?

Airsoft M

I need help with two things:

About how many items should I have to attract buyers to my yard sale?

And, I also need help pricing some items. So far, I've only gotten the kids section done, so I'll ask you for that.

1 Nice, wooden clock.
2 RC Jeep w/ Controller
3 Virtual Reality Power Rangers
4 Kids 4-pc. drum set w/ sticks
5 Night Vision Binoculars
6 Walkie Talkie (pair)
7 Airsoft AK-47 w/ Magazines
8 BB jars of 500
9 Godzilla Move PSP
10 Game Boy game

11 Comics
12 Paper back books
13 Hard cover books
14 Musician Busts
15 Blue Man electric keyboard
16 Harry Potter Light Up Wand
17 Airsoft M14 w/ accessories
18 Airsoft Pistol w/ Magazine
19 Airsot Shotgun
20 57 collector hot wheel cars w/case
21 Plastic Storage Case
22 Harry Potter Golden Snitch w/ stand

Answer
I don't have garage sales unless I have a ton of stuff to put out. I'm a huge garage saler but don't even bother stopiing if there isn't much out there. Most of m items I kept under $2 unles it was still new in box or something...I'd sa 1/2 of what the retail value was. I also did boxes where everything in one was $1 or another was all .50. All hanging clothes one set price. Makes it easier on you and the customers and give a good deal when the buy multiple items but don't get ripped off by cheap skates.

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What Is The Best Item You Ever Found At A Thrift Store Or Yard Sale?

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elvisgurly

What is the best item you ever found at a thrift store or yard sale?

Do you think thrift stores charge reasonable prices or charge way too much?

Answer
My wife found one of those kid's electric cars for $5...and the guy threw in a toddler bike with training wheels for 50 cents.


But the killer of all garage sale items was the lady trucker who bought what she thought was just some old painting of flowers...turned out to be an $18M Van Gogh. Lucky lady!!!

Do you think the government should force manufacture of fuel effciant cars?

Nate H

They have electric roadsters that do 0-60 in 3 seconds and have a 100 mile plus range lineing up for production. Just add a small desile generator and some solar panels and it will get 100 to infinity miles per gallon. Why don't they mandate hybred and solor car manufacturing! Think they should make a limit on how much fuel a vehical can consume? Like 1 gallon per hour private and 3 commercial?

Answer
You can't mandate something like that.

The consumer dictates what will be built. The companies respond to that.

When gas got to $3.00 a gallon, SUV and pickup sales went down to its lowest levels since 1995. People were looking into more efficient cars. Toyota and Honda had already thought ahead and been producting them. The government encourages it by giving tax breaks and allowing them into HOV lanes. The US car makers were still churning out SUV's and fell behind yet again. Now Toyota is poised to become the number one car maker because they're able to think ahead, innovate, and respond quicker to the market.

Now that gas is back to $2.06 a gallon, people are going *whew* and are driving SUV's again. But there is a percentage that are thinking ahead and are selling their SUV's and buying the Toyota's and Honda's.

You can blame the SUV and Minivan market in part on the increased safety levels required by the government. Since they require car seats for each kid, a family with three kids needs a larger vehicle so Minivan's were born. Guys were harassed about driving a "minivan" so the car manufacturers created SUV's to satisfy a guy's ego.

Then you have the Hummer type ads. You've seen them. Where they harass the moms now, calling them wimps and pressuring them to buy Hummers. What a bunch of crap.

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How can I come up with ideas for an argument essay?

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Elizabeth

I have looked at hundreds of topics for argument essays but I don't have strong opinions about any of them one way or the other. I tried writing on a couple of the topics I found but I couldn't think of anything to say. The assignment is due very soon. Please help.
@Mike: Thanks for the suggestion but you have just demonstrated why I think this assignment is stupid and pointless. An argument essay is just stating the obvious that most people already know. One silly little essay is neither long nor complex enough to solve any social problems. So what is the point? Am I supposed to regurgitate information that I've obtained from the work of others?

Answer
Here's a few ideas............

Argue whether or not senior citizens, at a certain age, should have to re-take their driving test every year or every 3 years, or whatever, due to dimentia or a rise in dimentia and altzheimers. You could easiy research accident statistics for different age groups as well as dimentia statistics.

Argue whether or not electric cars can really work. There are charging stations on the east coast and on the west coast, but not many in the rest of the United States. This means that people can't travel as far as they would with gasoline. (I really don't understand why though because can't they just plug them in somewhere else?) Anyway, this is a recent topic.

Argue that we should be drilling for oil in Alaska, as Sarah Palin has been fighting for.

Argue whether or not the Tea Party will last and stand up to the Republican and Democratic parties.

Argue whether it is really feasible to have solar power in houses due to the extremely high cost of equipment needed for solar power. How long would someone have to live in their house to pay off the equipment and actually start saving money over electric power.

Argue why cable and dish network prices keep on rising. It's ridiculous. They say it's so that they can put more satellites in space but how many do we need.

Argue about whether or not children should have an obligation to take care of their parents once they can't take care of themselves as they do in china and japan and some other countries. In the U.S. we stick them in a nursing home and some other places that don't take good care of them and are actually abusive to them because there isn't enough money to put them in a decent place.


Argue about why 1 in 5 kids go to bed hungry in the U.S. every night when there are people in this country who have so much money. How many millions does one person need? Michael Jordan just put his mansion up for sale and it has 18 bathrooms in it. I know he worked for it but still.......!

Argue about the influence and affect to education, cell phones have had on school kids and at what age should they have a cell phone.



*****Argue about why there are kids shooting in schools, killing teachers and other kids, a few times each year. This is happening more and more. Columbine high school was the first, I believe, and that was in 1999. There have been 31 school shootings since columbine and only 14 school shootings in the rest of the world. There's a lot of info on this subject. Do we need metal detectors in every school? Should they be in elementary schools? Middle schools? Only high schools? Is there another solution?

http://www.policymic.com/articles/20843/31-school-shootings-in-america-since-columbine-only-14-in-the-rest-of-the-world-combined

http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2012/12/14/1337221/a-timeline-of-mass-shootings-in-the-us-since-columbine/

http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0777958.html

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

blogs.westword.com/.../12/newtown_columbine_school_shootings_list.php

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre

history1900s.about.com/od/famouscrimesscandals/a/columbine.htm

What is the average cost to raise a child?

Dark Spiri

This is for a child development project. Does anyone know what the average cost is? Also, can you give me a link to the website where you got your information? Please dont just say alot of money, I already know this. Be specifc please!

Answer
That is really hard to even determine, because it really has to do with HOW the child is raised. How many siblings they have.

I have 6 children and am extrememly FRUGAL. I mean I do NOT buy anything unless it is on sale. And I obviously spend less money per child now then I did when I had just one child.

I am gonna guesstimate on how much it takes for ONE of my children to get raised in a year. I will NOT include housing, electric, car. Because I had all that stuff before I had kids and that to me shouldn't be included.

Ok, I figured about 2500 dollars per child I spend a year. That includes clothes, food, school supplies, school accessories(field trips, yearbooks etc.). I know that doesn't sound like a lot. But that is for a young child, they really don't eat that much and like I said I am a sale shopper. Now if I included housing, electric, and car payment divided by 8, which is our household size I would have to add 2100.00 per year.

No websites, but I hope I helped.

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What are some advantages of getting a Hybrid car?

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Q. ..and which one is better? Is there any difference in hydrid cars? I'm thinking about the Toyota hybrid...

Answer
Snob appeal. Just kidding. My sister has owned a Prius for the last 2 years. She bought it "new" and I've heard not one complaint. Go with Toyota because they are one of the first to have perfected a Hybrid priced for the masses (more or less..I'll have to buy 2nd hand) This old world is suffering from pollution, so any little thing can be a positive. I've seen some really innovative electric cars on-line, but have never seen any for sale and one the road. Then electricity rates will climb! Mark my words.

What is the average cost to raise a child?

Dark Spiri

This is for a child development project. Does anyone know what the average cost is? Also, can you give me a link to the website where you got your information? Please dont just say alot of money, I already know this. Be specifc please!

Answer
That is really hard to even determine, because it really has to do with HOW the child is raised. How many siblings they have.

I have 6 children and am extrememly FRUGAL. I mean I do NOT buy anything unless it is on sale. And I obviously spend less money per child now then I did when I had just one child.

I am gonna guesstimate on how much it takes for ONE of my children to get raised in a year. I will NOT include housing, electric, car. Because I had all that stuff before I had kids and that to me shouldn't be included.

Ok, I figured about 2500 dollars per child I spend a year. That includes clothes, food, school supplies, school accessories(field trips, yearbooks etc.). I know that doesn't sound like a lot. But that is for a young child, they really don't eat that much and like I said I am a sale shopper. Now if I included housing, electric, and car payment divided by 8, which is our household size I would have to add 2100.00 per year.

No websites, but I hope I helped.

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Do you think the government should force manufacture of fuel effciant cars?

kids electric cars sale image

Nate H

They have electric roadsters that do 0-60 in 3 seconds and have a 100 mile plus range lineing up for production. Just add a small desile generator and some solar panels and it will get 100 to infinity miles per gallon. Why don't they mandate hybred and solor car manufacturing! Think they should make a limit on how much fuel a vehical can consume? Like 1 gallon per hour private and 3 commercial?

Answer
You can't mandate something like that.

The consumer dictates what will be built. The companies respond to that.

When gas got to $3.00 a gallon, SUV and pickup sales went down to its lowest levels since 1995. People were looking into more efficient cars. Toyota and Honda had already thought ahead and been producting them. The government encourages it by giving tax breaks and allowing them into HOV lanes. The US car makers were still churning out SUV's and fell behind yet again. Now Toyota is poised to become the number one car maker because they're able to think ahead, innovate, and respond quicker to the market.

Now that gas is back to $2.06 a gallon, people are going *whew* and are driving SUV's again. But there is a percentage that are thinking ahead and are selling their SUV's and buying the Toyota's and Honda's.

You can blame the SUV and Minivan market in part on the increased safety levels required by the government. Since they require car seats for each kid, a family with three kids needs a larger vehicle so Minivan's were born. Guys were harassed about driving a "minivan" so the car manufacturers created SUV's to satisfy a guy's ego.

Then you have the Hummer type ads. You've seen them. Where they harass the moms now, calling them wimps and pressuring them to buy Hummers. What a bunch of crap.

What are some advantages of getting a Hybrid car?

Q. ..and which one is better? Is there any difference in hydrid cars? I'm thinking about the Toyota hybrid...

Answer
Snob appeal. Just kidding. My sister has owned a Prius for the last 2 years. She bought it "new" and I've heard not one complaint. Go with Toyota because they are one of the first to have perfected a Hybrid priced for the masses (more or less..I'll have to buy 2nd hand) This old world is suffering from pollution, so any little thing can be a positive. I've seen some really innovative electric cars on-line, but have never seen any for sale and one the road. Then electricity rates will climb! Mark my words.

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