The solution to child support!!

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Why didn't I think of this sooner? It's so simple, yet so ingenious!!

We've all seen those commercials for 'adopting' a third-world child for a mere 35 cents a day. They get food, shelter and vaccines...AND schooling!!

So why the hell can't we ship our unwanted kids off to these countries so we only have to pay 35 cents a day for their care, instead of the ridiculous sums we have to pay for the cost of living here in the US?

It makes perfect sense.

Great idea!! 28
Uh, that might work, not sure. 8
OMG, no, what's wrong with you? 46
With a little tweaking, this could become reality. 17
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  • howaminotmyself
    11 years ago | pl

    Just think of the shipping costs! I see hidden fees.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Simple, make them row the boat like they used to do with slaves. You'd just have to pay that drummer guy to keep the pace right, and the initial investment of the boat, but it doesn't have to be anything fancy. Or, if it was land travel, then have them take turns pulling a wagon. 10 can pull while 60 are seated within. After 4 hours, switch the team.

      Both methods would pay for themselves many times over due to the minimal cost of maintenance (no engines), and of course no fuel used. The cost to the parents would be minimal as well as a result.

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      • GuessWho
        11 years ago

        ...But then the extra cost for the extra food to give them the energy for all that extra manual labour...

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        • Anonymous Post Author
          11 years ago

          They will eat lentils, oatmeal and/or potatoes. Those things are only slightly more expensive than dirt at about 5-10 cents a serving. Vermin taken from around the ship are a bonus.

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    • Who_Fan4Life
      11 years ago

      Baggage fees!

      And I'm not talking THAT kind of baggage. The EMOTIONAL baggage attached to leaving a child and sending him/her to a new country.

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  • Mando
    11 years ago

    Ha ha ha ha starving children who won't make it to age 5 ... Ha ha ha ha having to support your own child .... Ha ha ha ha ship them to 3rd world slums ... Ha ha ha ha ... what wit.

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  • Imposturously_yours
    11 years ago

    yeah... but there's a guy here who wants to nuke Africa. So I'm not sure that it's a good idea to send people there. You know, bombs and orphans don't go together. Or do they? O_O

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    Wear a condom.

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    • geek_god_101
      11 years ago

      Condoms are easier to change than diapers. (probably cheaper also)

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  • Shackleford96
    11 years ago

    Ha! This poll is overflowing with satire.

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  • nAt2017
    11 years ago

    I don't know how you came up with that, good sir. But regardless of how it works, I don't think it would be legal for a number of reasons.

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  • VioletTrees
    11 years ago

    You should team up with the person who wants to release all the stray and feral domestic animals into the woods.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      We could feed the strays to the kids!!

      EUREKA!!

      You just helped me cut the food budget by 3/4!!

      OR...wait....hold on...

      Feed the KIDS to the strays!!

      Then feed the strays to the homeless.

      We just solved world hunger.

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    This logic...I like it.

    Another!

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  • Wendell
    11 years ago

    Make them work in textile factories. Or just ship them off to Australia.

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  • Tehboss
    11 years ago

    hmmm not bad sir not bad but the problem with shipping them is you have to pay something and gaining nothing and that right there is bad business
    Why not teach them the value of work?
    After all they are just small humans not monkeys... and make them do some light work like making bricks or working at the coal mines? Or maybe make them help science and let them be used as lab kids?
    Why get rid of something if you can make profit out of it?

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  • GoraIntoDesiGals
    11 years ago

    If they are unwanted then why have them in the first place? They didn't choose to be born.

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  • Wambo37
    11 years ago

    You are an awesome human being :D I like you

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  • [email protected]
    11 years ago

    GREAT IDEA!This should have been brought up in the U.S.,earlier in the year-since it's almost election time.

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  • squeallikeasacofpigs
    11 years ago

    Oh my gosh this is so funny

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  • anti-hero
    11 years ago

    Thumbs up to you OP. That is funny as hell.

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  • iEatZombies_
    11 years ago

    George Bush? Is that you?

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  • Mando
    11 years ago

    What awful people.

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  • KeddersPrincess
    11 years ago

    LMFAO!

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    There are two realistic options, pay said support or a hammer.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      11 years ago

      Maybe you could make a living making child slave ships and wagons and pay your support with that. Wouldn't that be some shit right there??!!

      Or just set yourself on fire and claim your kid did it, get said kid arrested and be off the hook.

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      • [Old Memory]
        11 years ago

        Aslong as it involves a hammer.

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  • GuessWho
    11 years ago

    It is likely the the children in question are already living off government grants and the 35 cents a day is just a bit extra to cover their cost of living because the government grant is not enough.

    The governments of those countries won't want to support more children when they already can't fully support what they have there.

    Think of it, 35 cents a day is about $10 per month. That can't even buy food of adequate quantity or nutrition in the cheapest of places.

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    • VioletTrees
      11 years ago

      Do the countries we're talking about have such programs?

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      • GuessWho
        11 years ago

        I didn't research this, just sharing what I heard long ago + some basic logic, so I can't give you any more details without spending some time doing further research, which I'm far too lazy to do.

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        • VioletTrees
          11 years ago

          I think you're overestimating the cost of providing food in bulk. You can provide meals for very little money per meal if you're feeding many people.

          Anyway, I looked into a couple programs, and they're usually more expensive than $.35 per day. Some of the children are in countries that have welfare programs, and some aren't. From what I can tell, most of them aren't orphans, or if they are, they already have people taking care of them, so you're right that there's probably another source of income, even if it's not from the government. The funds are for things like food, clean water, education, and healthcare.

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  • MissyLeyneous
    11 years ago

    I'm not sure how to react to this.

    My brain says it's a terrible idea... but then, but how would *I* do it?

    Child support is when a one parent leaves the child with the other, and the one who leaves pays the one with the child money... This is fine in itself.

    Now for orphans... I'm not sure... Adoption is great, but there are only so many families out there willing to adopt. I certainly don't want the Feds to raise them, maybe the State, but not the Feds. Hmmm... this is perplexing indeed.

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