steady on. yes, it's entirely possible that your assumptions are correct, that this woman AND her partner or partners have been producing kid after kid on the basis that the tax payer will look after the expenses, or alternatively they are too stupid to understand how condoms work. It's also possible that the woman and her husband planned on a big family and then he died and she was left to cope with a brood of kids and her grief. Maybe that's why she moved away. Perhaps he didn't die, perhaps he left her because he couldn't deal with working and looking after that many kids after all. Maybe the father(s) of the kids pay maintenance, takes them off her hands of a weekend, whatever. Maybe he doesn't/they don't. But you don't know, so before you go getting judgemental about someone where you don't know the full story, think about how you would cope if your life suddenly went tits-up and there wasn't a benefits system in place to at least keep you mostly fed, clothed and housed until you could get back on your feet. Yes, people abuse it, but you can't assume everyone does.