Foster Care: The Bundy Terrorist made $110,000.00 in 2010 for taking care of Foster Children.

http://news.groopspeak.com/oregon-militia-member-gets-hit-right-where-it-hurts-way-worse-than-being-arrested/

It doesn’t occur to people like Finicum that, since he has been away from his home for two weeks, and plans to stay away for as long as “it” takes, that things like this might happen. He’s involved in criminal activities, which could easily be reason enough for the state to take them away.

Finicum does have a ranch in Chino Valley, but he and his wife break even on it at best. Catholic Charities, however, paid the Finicums roughly $115,000 for 2010, for fostering children, and Finicum flatly admits that foster children are his primary income:

“That was my main source of income. My ranch, well, the cows just cover the costs of the ranch. If this means rice and beans for the next few years, so be it. We’re going to stay the course.”

The amount that foster parents receive has gone up, so yes, Finicum is probably angry about losing that income. He may well be upset about losing the children, too (because he’d be completely and horribly heartless otherwise), but whatever it is he’s really upset about, it’s something he should have considered before he decided to join an illegal and ill-advised occupation of federal land in a far-away state.