No hate but all this 'hard work' stuff barely explains it.
I don't know about where yall live but in NYC it's easy to stack when you work off the books, pay no income tax and have all of your other necessities met by the government.
I worked as a CPS worker at one time so I have seen it up close and personal. A lot of them work menial jobs with substandard pay and employers/contractors love that because they can low ball them and get a solid days work out of em'--the Mexicans love it because they're making more here than they ever did in Mexico with 1st world accommodations. Then on TOP of all of that, the undocumented ones aren't being deported...the women come here, get knocked up by some dude...and because she's not technically married (but the dude is still playing the husband/daddy role) she qualifies for rent/housing subsidies, food stamps, WIC, free health care and the children are getting a free education. And keep in mind NYC is a
Sanctuary City. They don't care how you got here--you are not being deported unless you commit a federal crime or a felony. So even if they are here illegally, they aint' goin' nowhere and therefore they are 'undocumented' which leads to them not reporting accurate income information, AND as a result, they automatically qualify for assistance and subsidies.
As for the men, I use to see ALOT of these dudes working full time at a pizzaria (and anyone in NYC knows that damn near every pizzaria worker is Mexican, not Italian) or random construction jobs, while the "wife" stayed at home with four kids. Now how the fuk is he able to support four kids (babies at that) working at a pizzeria while paying NYC rent, food costs, miscellaneous spending costs and (sometimes) driving a car while the "wife" stays at home???
Whatever dough the man brings home is cash hand over fist, tax free. The more children they have, the more the mom/wife and children qualify for. They rinse and repeat; more children--more money...rinse and repeat.
They also have a solid community support structure. It's a VERY tight knit set up. WHen the women have kids, they have plenty of other Mexican women to assist them with childcare responsibilities. They normally either have the grandparents who reside with them watch over the kids OR they have a friend or relative who will virtually watch the kids for them in the same building or on the same street that they live off at no cost which saves them a ton of money--ESPECIALLY considering how expensive childcare costs are. SO if the women do work--that's just extra bills coming in tax free. Again One tax free income with ALL of your other needs being met is great; TWO incomes is obviously better. I could say more--but let me just say they are HUSTLING the system BIG time.