After Getting Dumped By TLC, The Duggars Are Desperate For Cash And Want Back On TV

[Panich52]

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After Getting Dumped By TLC, The Duggars Are Desperate For Cash And Want Back On TV

The Duggars have lost a lot of money after getting dropped by TLC, and they are in desperate need of cash, so cue the frivolous lawsuits.

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[London Lover Man]

1. Cue the smallest violin in the world.

Maybe CBN will take them in to fleece what's left of their audience.

[rocktivity]

20. Sounds like a gig for the official DU "Cry Me A River" String Quartert!

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[ladyVet]

34. Well, Dick, it's got a nice beat, and I can do a good chair dance to it. nt

[Go Vols]

48. +1

[Liberal_in_LA]

24. yeah.. their purpose was to spread patriarchy and other bad stuff. let them get real jobs

[Liberal Veteran]

2. Gosh...who would have thought raising a family of 19 would be expensive?

I thought each kid came with a bag of cash attached to the umbilical cord instead of a placenta.

[RichGirl]

3. Aren't they...

...among those who believe THE LORD PROVIDES? Maybe Huckabee can take them in when they lose their home.

[DonViejo]

4. I wouldn't believe they are desperate for cash for one minute.....

Josh Duggar, alone, has a net worth of $500K (http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-businessmen/business-executives/josh-duggar-net-worth/)

$3.5 million
When TLC cameras first met the Duggar family for 2004's 14 Kids and Pregnant Again special, Arkansas parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were already doing quite well for themselves. Since then, thanks to an additional boost from TLC, the Duggars' net worth has grown to an estimated $3.5 million.Jul 1, 2014 (http://starcasm.net/archives/277867)

[rocktivity]

5. "Thanks to an additional boost from TLC, the Duggars' net worth has grown..."

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I can see where 19 kids and legal fees could dry up even a seven-figure coffer if cash isn't flowing in -- and we don't know how much of that $500K is IN cash.


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[DonViejo]

7. Daddy Duggar was/is big in the real estate business before TLC made him

a TV personality; owned property too.

When TLC cameras first met the Duggar family for 2004’s 14 Kids and Pregnant Again special, Arkansas parents Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were already doing quite well for themselves.

Since then, thanks to an additional boost from TLC, the Duggars’ net worth has grown to an estimated $3.5 million. Although we can’t all have lucrative reality TV contracts, most of us can learn a few things from the Duggars’ money philosophy…

After Jim Bob and Michelle married in 1984, he worked for various stints as an insurance salesman and car salesman. In 1990, after six years of using credit and gathering some debt, Jim Bob and Michelle attended a seminar on Jim Sammons’ Finding Financial Freedom program. (The seminar is endorsed by their religious organization.) The Duggars then vowed to get out of debt by not purchasing anything they didn’t have cash to cover at the time.

“I’ve learned self control and also a lot about construction,” Jim Bob said in a 2001 interview for Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

After saving enough to cover general expenses, they made some smart investments in local real estate and cell phone towers. In 2001, Jim Bob explained they were financially secure enough that he didn’t have to work full-time. He instead served in the Arkansas House of Representatives between 1999 and 2002, before spending his own $250,000 on a failed senate campaign. (The Arkansas House of Reprsentatives job now pays approximately $15,000; Jim Bob likely earned less during his terms.)

The Duggars’ money philosophy also requires a lot of patience: Using an $82,000 construction kit, they began building a 7,000-square-foot home in 2000. They didn’t complete the project until 2006, at which point they were finally able to move the family of 18 out of their old 2,000-square-foot home.

Since TLC came into the picture, the Duggars have also gotten many of the usual non-income perks that go along with reality TV gigs: They’ve traveled around the world, received help when furnishing that large home and likely got some financial aid when hosting Jill Duggar’s recent mega-wedding. Still, they all appear to be modest spenders who aim to buy cheap and “save the rest.”

http://starcasm.net/archives/277867

[rocktivity]

16. Don't confuse assets with liquidity

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Your net worth is calculated by SUBTRACTING your liabilities from your assets -- that is, it's the DIFFERENCE between what you have and what you owe.

It sounds like the Duggars are starting to run out of cash on hand. With the TLC income gone, more money is going out than coming in, so they may have to resort to raising cash by selling off their non-monetary assets (good luck getting what THEY think they're worth).


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[underpants]

53. Following your posts. Correct about assets-cash. I think they got used to living on +TV income.

And, probably, travel/appearance perks were becoming expected to continue over the horizon. Suddenly *poof* gone.

[Lochloosa]

8. Net worth is one thing. Cash flow is another.

[DonViejo]

9. Sell. Cash flow problem resolved.

[rocktivity]

12. Not if not enough people are paying their selling price

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which would result in even MORE cash NOT flowing in...


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[DonViejo]

18. Bet on a sure thing....

his fellow fundies and fans will set up a GoFundMe page for the "oppressed Duggars." If the fundies and righties are willing to fund bakers for discriminating on wedding cakes, they must be more than willing to do the same for Jim Bob and clan. No?

[JI7]

26. they are no longer on tv

So the star power can wear off. It it was just one small family it could maybe work.

even many of the fundies don't have much already

[RichGirl]

56. YUP....

Bad enough that Fundies vote against their own best interest...for the rich to get richer. But I wouldn't be surprised if they gathered their spare change and donated it to people who have been making millions.

[JI7]

23. that can't keep the lifestyle they had with that much money and that many kids

[odd_duck]

6. Let them....

go work at China-Mart

[udbcrzy2]

29. Apply for food stamp and TANIF n/t

[jwirr]

45. Unfortunately - with that many children they could be eligible.

[City Lights]

10. Poor dears.

[Rex]

11. Why don't they take those Godly Conservative GOP values and get real jobs?

Rhetorical.

[Lint Head]

13. I can see it now. A reality show for pedophiles.

[etherealtruth]

15. I think that was the theme of the show that was cancelled

[Warpy]

14. Guess the teenagers and 20 somethings are going to have to get JOBS

What a comedown! Gonna cut into babble study time, too.

Still, if that family starts to feel the pinch and yells loud enough about it, it's another great lesson in why contraception is such a good idea for the rest of us.

[Vinca]

17. You shouldn't have more children than you can afford.

[smirkymonkey]

28. Thank you!

[SoCalDem]

19. They are shamelessly addicted to attention..poor babies..

They will now have to live like most people...on their own ..without tv cameras following them around.

Shame on TLC for EVER starting this ridiculous show

[Hotler]

21. The Duggers'. Full Quiver. Scary

http://www.quiverfull.com/ And people in this country are afraid of Muslims.

[greiner3]

22. My bet is he divorces her within 2 years.

Or the inevitable, fornication outside of marriage.

[RichGirl]

57. You don't think he's been...

...fornicating outside marriage all along???

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

25. May I suggest a new and exciting reality show format: Russian Roulette

[n2doc]

27. More like desperate for attention

Guess going back to the sticks wasn't so much fun after all.

I thought repubs hated lawyers…..

[hobbit709]

30. They do hate lawyers until the phrase "under indictment" comes into play.

[lpbk2713]

31. They might have more disposable income ...

if they didn't have to buy so many disposable diapers.

Sorry. It was their choice. They'll have to find another shoulder to cry on besides mine.

[Initech]

32. This is the world's tiniest violin playing just for the Duggars:

[SummerSnow]

33. I bet Mrs. Duggar will start using birth control now

[MisterP]

35. "but he can support them all!" --2007 talking point

[davidpdx]

36. Such a nice family

[Gloria]

37. Why don't they do crowd funding? I'm sure there are so many charitable

GOPers out there who can fill the till...

[rocktivity]

44. Not so far

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=7034189


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[Skittles]

38. perhaps the Gosselins can advise them

[shanti]

39. Bless their hearts

[rocktivity]

40. UPDATE: The Duggars Try Their Hand At Crowdfunding, The Public Bites It

IfYouOnlyNews:

...(T)he Duggar family...added a “support” button to their YouTube channel so they could produce “fresh new content.” The plea reportedly said “every contribution is helpful, big or small.” Fan support was minimal and the scathing comments of those who are tired of these people being famous for nothing bordered on an angry mob...By (July 30)...(t)here is no sign of a “support” button on any of the Duggar pages or YouTube channels...

One report says they’ve had to fight a home foreclosure...Jill and her husband...were forced to beg for cash to travel to South America for “mission work,” though they wouldn’t disclose the actual location...If they could manage to get benefits for all of the children and grandchildren...they would be staring down the barrel of $4K a month in food alone...

Which dovetails into my theory that they're becoming so cash poor they can't make up the difference by selling off their assets.


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[bettyellen]

41. cash poor? then they can sell their assets, and start working again. Maybe half those kids are old

enough to work and from what we have seen, all they do all day is get filmed dating. Fuck them, no one wants to see them any more, so they can get actual jobs like the rest of us.

[rocktivity]

59. RadarOnline found the YouTube pics

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AddictingInfo.com:...How the hell are the Duggars broke? They made $25 million...being followed around by video cameras recording their show for TLC. They also made money from speaking engagements...

(N)ow...the Duggars...have discovered that in order to make money they either have to get real jobs or swindle the remaining supporters they have left. They apparently chose the latter. Adding content to YouTube is free...

The cost of raising a child to adulthood in the United States is $245,000 and counting. Multiplied by 19 means that it will cost Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar over $4 million...Surely, the Duggars were smart enough to save their money over the years, and they must have a fat piggy bank to draw from...(I)t’s been reported that the Duggars are actually thousands of dollars in debt, face multiple lawsuits, and don’t actually practice what they preach...

Good question -- After ten seasons on TLC, they should have long since salted away the $4M they'd need for their kids and still have more than enough left over for tithing and taxes, never mind their other alleged income streams...


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[jwirr]

42. Let me see - did anyone force them to have 19 children when most people cannot afford 3?

[Cleita]

47. Yes, it would seem that you shouldn't have any more children than you

can afford. God approves.

[jwirr]

49. People often have trouble even if they think that they can afford the small number of children they

have - lose of jobs, sickness, divorce, etc. This couple wanted us to believe that we could ignore common sense and God would step in and fix it when we did. They also are the same kind of people who think we do not need a safety net.

But having said that - it will not be God that steps in if they really go broke - it will be government. Bigots used to insist that welfare mothers had children (a lot of them) so they could be eligible for welfare. This family is actually going to be able to do that. With 19 children and probably 17 still in the home they will go to college on grants. They will be eligible for many kinds of assistance and be able to keep their huge home while doing it.

Maybe they can do a reality show on how to live on welfare. It sure would be more relevant.

[Cleita]

50. LOL! That would sure be serving crow pie to the white, bible thumping, boot strap

conservatives who hate any government program to help people, even idiots like the Duggars. It reminds me that Ayn Rand took Social Security and Medicare in her old age, something her Libertarian spawn don't seem to want to acknowledge.

[olddots]

43. they may become part pf the panel on Morning Joe

[Cleita]

46. So it seems maybe Mr. Duggar needs to get a job. They probably would qualify for food stamps

and Medicaid. Any way you look at it the tax payer will end up picking up the tab. I'm okay with it as long as I don't have to see their dysfunctional family anywhere soon.

[RichGirl]

58. I expect headlines when...

They sign up for Obamacare.

[xmas74]

60. A family that big?

The kids will get Medicaid. The parents will get Obamacare.

[Raster]

51. Certainly Jim Bob is going to jump right up and go get a JOB to support his quiverfull,...

...I mean, family. Certainly he and Mrs. Clown-car had a back-up plan to support their 20 children?

[Gothmog]

52. They are grifters and con artists

[Arugula Latte]

54. Where is your god now, assholes?

[rickford66]

55. Not working, pumping out babies, getting handouts ...

... where have I heard that before?