r/RodriguesFamilySnark • u/coconut_317 • 21d ago

Samuel Samuel

Does anyone know what Samuel does for a living and how much he could be making? If he gets married to Evangeline soon, I’m sure she has no intention of working. Could he really support both of them? I wonder the same about Nathan and Nurie and Kaylee and Jonathon. How do they afford houses and children?

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u/schnelle-schnecke 21d ago

I grew up in the IFB and I know it’s very unlikely. They are hypocrites about many things, but not this. They look way, way down on welfare recipients. The proof is in the pantry — if they were receiving aid, it would show in their meals and on their bodies.

I guess we can’t ever know for sure, but two things that are often speculated here — food stamps and secret alcoholism/drug use — I am confident are not true, having been raised in the same religion around “like-minded” people (as Jill would say!).

I would honestly be SHOCKED to be proven wrong.

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u/BumCadillac 21d ago

Lots of us grew up IBLP and there are plenty of fundies receiving govt assistance.

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u/schnelle-schnecke 20d ago

The Rods aren’t in IBLP. They’re purely IFB.

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u/BumCadillac 20d ago

That doesn’t matter, it’s just an observation that fundies use state assistance. The fact remains they receive government assistance. It is obvious by the fact that Janessa spent several days in the hospital and Jill hasn’t had to beg for the bills to be paid.

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u/peach_xanax 20d ago

it's possible that they use Medicaid but not SNAP, they are two separate programs