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Very often [[Truth in Television]]. Those stipend checks are quite large.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* Seen in ''[[Futurama (Animation)|Futurama]]'', where Bender is told the goverment gives checks for adopting orphans. He learns later he's supposed to use that money to take care of the kids, and that the government stipend barely covers it. Ironically, despite the abuse, the kids love him. He then tries to break even by selling the kids as food.
{{quote| '''Police officer:''' "You're under arrest for [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|child cruelty, child endangerment, depriving children of food, selling children as food and misrepresenting the weight of livestock.]]"}}
* Parodied in the third episode of ''[[The Cleveland Show (Animation)|The Cleveland Show]]''. The forster parents lock the kids in the basement and see them as a source of income only. The kids are starved enough to resort to cannibalism. The parents also treat their operation the same way drug dealers would treat theirs: When a hearing could cost them a welfare check, they resort to shooting the parties involved to keep the kids (and associated cash).
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