There are households in which the unmarried female draws SSI (& rent subsidy) for being an unwed mother, continues to bear more children at taxpayer expense, while choosing to remain unmarried to the father of those children because marriage would disqualify her for benefits .   There are families in which an infant is traded off to different members, to collect extra benefits.   Those are the 'cheats' conservatives cite when screaming about reforming or ending social safety nets.  How is it different for Mr. Callahan to choose not to hold a job but spend his money to promote his own vanity, and then expect the public to feed his family?  He used his children to gain sympathy for himself.