FLDS question:

[Texasgal]

Did anyone happen to catch Larry King last night?

Larry King was interviewing some of the sects female members. They had a camera crew filming inside the compound.

I was watching and was kinda curious, the compound was pretty nice although sparsely decorated. They seemed to have all the furniture, bedding.. kitchen appliances etc. Plus the buildings were HUGE!

Where do they earn their money? Do the males work? I realize they live pretty frugal, but don't they have to make some sort of money somewhere?

Anyone have any insight on that? I think it would be interesting to know how they sustain themselves.

[ZombieHorde]

1. They sell friendship bracelets. nt

[yella_dawg]

2. Government contracts

among other things. FLDS members tend to be well-to-do. The quiet scandal is that much of the money pouring into the Texas compound comes from defense contracts.

[Texasgal]

4. So it;s the Men

who make the money?

Is it men that do not live on the compound?

[yella_dawg]

7. Of course...

Everything is a man's fault. You know that.

[hisownpetard]

3. From what I've read, they earn a lot of money in the building and contracting business (free labor,

from all the boys in the sect, starting at a young age, and many of the men). In addition, in each family, there is only one
'legal' wife. All the others (again, from what I've read) apparently receive welfare benefits as 'single mothers.'
Which means, in essence, that you and I are financing their way of life to a great degree.

[Texasgal]

5. Lovely.

Funding child rapists. :mad:

[hisownpetard]

10. Your tax money, at work.

[hisownpetard]

11. Yeah, that's what it amounts to. Funding pedophilia with our tax dollars, so the

pedophiles can get rich.

[Turbineguy]

6. Welfare benefits?

It's OK, I heard they don't drive Cadillacs.

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. No, just big fucking SUVs.

These guys are playing the system, and they've got too much wealth to get called on it.

[kestrel91316]

8. A large portion of their income is welfare collected by the

single mothers and all the children. Only the first wife is legal. All subsequent wives from the "celestial" or "spiritual" marriages are legally single mothers.

Tom Green went to prison for his little welfare cheating scam and child rape in Utah several years ago. He was also FLDS, IIRC.

The women never see the money, BTW. It gets turned directly over to the FLDS church coffers. The women have to struggle along with the pittance their husbands dole out to them for food and clothing. And if they don't "keep sweet" they can be locked up in isolation on bread and water. Tends to make them uncomplaining.