True but worth bearing in mind that people born into poor backgrounds live on average 9 years less https://fullfact.org/health/life-expectancy-and-poverty/
...so I probably won't be that much of a burden after all.
I come from a large and v.poor family (there were 5 of us children) and undoubtedly cost the taxpayer more than what my mother and stepfather contributed to the Exchequer but now all of 5 of us are in jobs and paying taxes, I know for a fact that I pay a lot more tax than I get back. I'll...