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http://www.alan.com/2016/01/17/foster-children-removed-from-home-of-oregon-militia-militant/The rancher estimated that more than 50 boys, often caming (sic) from group homes, drug rehabs, and psychiatric institutions, have lived with them in the past decade. My ranch has been a great tool for these boys, Finicum said. It has done a lot of good....
That represents an enormous loss of income for the Finicums. According to a 2010 tax filing, Catholic Charities paid the family $115,343 to foster children in 2009. That year, foster parents were compensated between $22.31 and $37.49 per child, per day, meaning if the Finicums were paid at the maximum rate, they cared for, on average, eight children per day in 2009.
That was my main source of income, Finicum said. My ranch, well, the cows just cover the costs of the ranch. If this means rice and beans for the next few years, so be it. Were going to stay the course.
Warpy
(111,367 posts)and found out they'd been free labor to add to all the free grazing on BLM land.
My first thought as well.
bobthedrummer
(26,083 posts)Chapter 21-Omaha
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1016139460
Aerows
(39,961 posts)You never know.
Warpy
(111,367 posts)but my best guess says they're unpaid ranch hands.
rug
(82,333 posts)catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)Now he's down to just milking cows...
grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Damn.
403Forbidden
(166 posts)...because if he really cared for the children's welfare, he wouldn't be leaving them to go play soldier. Even if his cause was legitimate (it's not), there are plenty of "patriots" at the Wildlife refuge to handle his concerns.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)Jim Beard
(2,535 posts)SwankyXomb
(2,030 posts)I guess he'll have to find some other government teat to suckle at.
Old Codger
(4,205 posts)At the local federal prison
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)of aid to birth parents?
geomon666
(7,512 posts)and getting paid to do it? Fuck him.
LeftyMom
(49,212 posts)because that's factory farming children for profit and you can't deal with the emotional needs and safety concerns of that many emotionally damaged kids in a home-like environment, which is the entire point of foster care.
malaise
(269,212 posts)Everything is a fucking racket.
suffragette
(12,232 posts)Disgusting hypocrites and users.
malaise
(269,212 posts)at the mindset of these racist, anti-government exploiters of children in need.
More than a few of those who think like them have been elected as ReTHUGs
suffragette
(12,232 posts)SoCalDem
(103,856 posts)and she was waaaay too old to be caring for marginally disabled teenaged boys.. They finally booted her off the foster parent racket..
She used to take them to Vegas 3 or 4 times a year, where they would be made to stay in the room and make sandwiches from a cooler, while she gambled..
malaise
(269,212 posts)Grifting off unfortunate kids is a way of life
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)Just sayin' LaVoy. Oh and there is that other thing of possible federal felonies. Not exactly a good role model, are you, LaVoy?
Kind of hard to see how you could have expected any other result, dipshit.
yellowcanine
(35,702 posts)that covers the possibility of opening yourself up to the possibility of federal felony charges.....
Just guessing.
Vinca
(50,318 posts)Javaman
(62,534 posts)the end of the occupation.
if you wish to combat an adversary, never take the tactic they expect.
we will see and read a lot more of things just as this.
treestar
(82,383 posts)So if the kids aren't there, they don't need the income.
Iggo
(47,574 posts)I'm glad to see he cares so much about children.
Mendocino
(7,514 posts)Could there be more here than meets the eye.
Iggo
(47,574 posts)jwirr
(39,215 posts)about the state he lives in but most states do not place their children in the homes of criminals. His actions are the reason these children were taken out of his care.
Mendocino
(7,514 posts)before he went to Oregon? Was there irregularities and problems then? Was he using them as unpaid labor? Did he lose fostership then say something like heck with it, the overeaching government took them from me, I'm going north? Did he commit crimes or improprieties at home and fled? AZ allows singles to foster kids, why couldn't they stay with his wife? Were they only removed because of his activities at Malheur?
I'm certainly not going to believe only his account until more information comes out. These are somethings I'm wondering about, not necessarily asking you these questions. Time may tell.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)Disgusting, he's making a profit off this...what garbage
maxsolomon
(33,426 posts)Stay on the Ranch and do your jerb raising up those children. Every child needs a mother AND a father, right?
I don't even have a problem with the kids doing chores on the farm; my problem is with him sticking his wife with the job while he's off playing patriot - for reasons he doesn't even understand.
Runningdawg
(4,526 posts)during the OWS protests he ever said "If any of those idiots have kids, the kids should be taken away" could be we are just seeing Karma.
Turbineguy
(37,372 posts)they can double down on the stupid.
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)Published time: 19 Jan, 2016 03:18
One of the most visible members of the armed militia that took over a wildlife refuge in Oregon says his four foster sons were taken away due to his involvement in the standoff, and he blames the federal government who must have gotten to the governor.
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A social worker began removing the last four of the familys foster kids on January 4, the fourth day of the Oregon standoff. The last left five days later, he said.
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Critics point out, however, that by helping the Bundy brothers take over federal property in Oregon, he could potentially be arrested for committing crimes.
(H)aving one parent away from the home for a significant period of time committing a number of high profile federal crimes would seem like at least a plausible reason to remove the children, Josh Marshall wrote for the Talking Points Memo Editors Blog. This doesn't seem to occur to Finicum.
Another militia member, Blaine Cooper, also said that his children were taken from him in a video posted to Facebook on Saturday. The video was apparently removed later.
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https://www.rt.com/usa/329381-militiaman-loses-foster-kids/