now, I may be wrong, but I do believe the network pays this family, just like the Gosslins and Jim Bob has a regular job. I think they could afford to buy the children their own shoes. Methinks purhaps Jim Bob is just a little bit cheap. Imagine wearing someone else's shoes.
How do they ever get ones that fit right? I shutter to think what that is doing to their feet. At least the Gosslins are using the money they earn to buy fresh shoes for their kids. That's like buying someone else's underwear.