Louie Gohmert: I became a congressman to stop single moms from getting welfare checks

[kdmorris]

2. At first, I was thinking "That has to be the Onion"...

Then I realized that he really is just a douchebag idiot...

Having been on welfare, I can tell you that the money you get for each additional child is a pittance and even having 15 kids isn't going to get your out of poverty when you are on welfare.

I had 3 daughters and an ex-husband that refused to pay child support. I was on welfare in the 1990s while going to go school and got $376 + $405 in food stamps (in Maryland) per month. Considering that your electric bill could be $200 a month in winter, that doesn't go very far. And $100 per person per month for food came out to $3 a day for each of us.

NO ONE makes it big while on welfare. After I finished school and got a job, it still took almost 10 years to dig out of the hole those years had put me in.