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[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee -2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

monthly grocery bill that now tops $2,400 for her family of seven

I’m not saying the article is wrong, but if you have seven children, you did this to yourself

[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago (1 children)

With so many states cutting off access to abortion, family planning is getting even more difficult.

[–] protist@mander.xyz 16 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

A family of 7 implies ~~five~~ six children

Edit: It says her husband was deported to Mexico and she's now a single mom

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

So it said "family of seven", which probably means 5 children and 2 adults, or just as likely, 4 children, 2 adults and 1 elderly parent.

The really weird thing about this is that even without making any sort of moral judgement, the numbers still don't add up. For example, I have a family of 6 (and only 2 of those are my kids), and our grocery bill is between $150 and $200 a week (about $700 a month). How do you get to $2400 a month? What are you feeding them? Are you ordering takeout ever day? Because that would be stupid.

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

If you read the article it states that her husband was deported back to Mexico, so it's her and 6 kids.

You also don't know if she lives in a food desert where a single grocery store could charge whatever prices it wants because there's no competition.

[–] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

Right. $2400 buys a lot of raw ingredients. Get a Costco membership ffs!!