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Mom: I'll Raise 14 Kids on Student Loans

Octuplets' mother has 'an alternative way'

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted Feb 10, 2009 12:44 PM CST

(Newser) – Octuplet mom Nadya Suleman has no income “at the moment” and will "temporarily" use student loans to raise her children, she said on the Today show. “I am providing for my children,” Suleman said. “I have my own way. It’s an alternative way, but it works.” Suleman receives $490 a month in food stamps and disability aid for three of her older children but doesn’t regard the money as welfare, MSNBC reports.

“They are part of programs designed to help people with need, and she does not see that as welfare,” said Suleman’s publicist. Suleman said she saved as much as she could:  “I was hoarding my money—nonstop working. My friends would go, ‘Are you saving for a house, a car?’ ‘No, I’m saving for babies.’”

This image made from a 2006 video provided by KTLA shows Nadya Suleman looking at a ultrasound of her unborn twins at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Los Angeles.
This image made from a 2006 video provided by KTLA shows Nadya Suleman looking at a ultrasound of her unborn twins at an in-vitro fertilization clinic in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/KTLA)
Suleman talks finances on the Today show.
Suleman talks finances on the Today show.   (MSNBC)
One of the octuplets on the Today show.
One of the octuplets on the Today show.   (MSNBC)
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COMMENTS
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Guest
Feb 12, 2009 6:01 AM CST
I expect they already are....
Guest
Feb 11, 2009 7:54 PM CST
I hate the Duggar family! They are so nauseating. The only reason they have enough money is because they've pimped out their own children - tv shows, public appearances, books. It doesn't take a genius to get pregnant - those people are being treated like they actually did something remarkable. Ugh - they should stop breeding!!
jaguarj
Feb 11, 2009 6:27 AM CST
As someone said..it's no ones business how many children anyone has...I beg to differ..then don't f-----g flaunt them all over the media. And yes the 18 in Ark. is another example...Who gives a s---!!!!

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