In other words, an American single mom on public aid who had five minor children with three different dads has THREE prospective and potential payors to the “system” of aid reimbursement.

A “fringe (ousted) “Mormon” sect mom with five minor children has likely had all her kids with ONE dad. The problem is, that dad ALSO currently has 20 OTHER minor kids to support with 16 of them under the age of 14.

That’s not enough payors to reimburse the “system” should that mom have to apply for public assistance for her children out of necessity.

No, I don’t feel polygamy should be legalized. But if 7 “sister wives” are living together with their collective 28 minor kids in the middle of nowhere and are not nor have ever collected any public aid and they are all happy with their arrangement, far be it from me to judge their lifestyle.