I have noticed there is little information about how they financed the construction of the 7000 square foot house, the ungodly food bill (even eating that tater tot slop has to cost a fortune just because of the sheer quantity) and the general upkeep and support of NINTEEN PEOPLE, not to mention the cost, gas, and maintenance of their bus type vehicles, their electric and water bill, etc........They also seem to go on a great many expensive famblee outings to beaches and resorts. I have a few ideas about how they manage. I don't think that they are on verifiable "public assistance" in the classic and traditional sense, or surely some news reporter would have taken that and ran with it LONG ago. So, here's my ideas based partly on "clues" from their own site and articles and some of it I surmised on pure gut instinct.
1)Just the tax breaks and refunds ALONE of having so many dependents probably goes a long way
2)Mrs. Duggar homeskools and probably gets government subsidies for that because of the sheer number of kyds she skools. It's possible that part of the home is dedicated ONLY as "school", so it's also possible that they could get educational funds due to that, much like a public school gets
3)They have a small "worship center" inside of their compund, so it's ENTIRELY probable that they have found a way to build their whole fucking house on the coat tails of a "non profit" church allotment, much like a free standing church
4)If they actually have that church inside their home registered as a non profit, you can BET your ass that they get plenty of donations and don't have to claim them
5)It mentions they host some sort of "debt free" Christian seminar of sorts, which PROBABLY has a huge following of fundies and most likely costs a pretty penny and accepts donations as well, again;tax free, I feel reasonably sure
6)I would imagine that companies of all kinds, big and small, corporate and individually owned, donate food, clothing, toys, and God only knows what else to that famblee on a regular basis. That's probably how they finance their famblee outings and trips to the beach via resort donations who probably do it for the advertising. It cost my husband and me approximately $1500 the last time we drove to the beach, stayed for 5 days, the hotel bill/food/gas, and incidentals. I can only IMAGINE what it would cost a famblee of NINTEEN.
Of course it would be even MORE per person if they went to gulfariums, fairs, circus, carnivals, etc....while on their trips. Unless of course it was all donated, which I bet it was.
7)He may actually sell some property from time to time to supplement all of the freebies and tax free donations. My guess would be that the donations they receive alone are probably more than enough to meet their needs. These bastards probably have more in savings and investments than famblees of 4 where both parents work at high income full time jobs, but THEY have to pay their (and their kyds') ways in life, unlike the Duggars.
Anyway, that's what I think.