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Louisiana & Wyoming have low property taxes - basicly any state in the oil/coal energy belt does - they get $$ from severance taxes

you need to figure out cheap eats to feed kids - buy a cheap cut of pork on sale ($1.50/lb. sometimes here) - stick it in a slow cooker, with some liquid smoke and salt; you can add some wine or beer too

it will sit and cook and presto: pulled pork (smokey style) for cheap

I got this recipe from a friend who is a surgeon; his wife is a radiological oncologist so they have a huge income, but he is maybe even cheaper than me, so knows a lot of tricks.