The MO schools charge an arm and a leg per kid. So MO families often can’t afford more than two kids (as the second kid will already cost them their second arm and leg.) So while the MO are indeed monetarily wealthier than the Chareidim, they end up just using their extra money to give to their schools. Meanwhile the Chareidim have more kids (averaging over six per family) despite not being monetarily wealthy. [Which accounts for why the Chareidim are experiencing explosive growth, so much so that that by now the vast majority of Orthodox Jews are Chareidim.] So whose better off you tell me?
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