Posted on 04/29/2011 1:05:51 PM PDT by Qbert
BULLOCH CO., GA (WTOC) - Bulloch County Sheriff's Office and the child support enforcement division conducted round up of major violators who have failed to pay child support.
Twenty-six parents with the highest totals of money owed were selected as targets of the sweep, according to the sheriff's office. The total values owed by those arrested is an estimated $500,000 with the highest individual arrearage being $42,000.
On Tuesday morning, warrants and patrol deputies arrested multiple defendants and transported them to the Bulloch County Jail.
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>>Great but what about the deadbeat moms who receive the support payments and spend the money on themselves or their boyfriends instead of on their kids?<<
That’s what mine did. At one point I was paying approximately $3500 a month and she dressed in very expensive clothing while my three daughters were dressed by Ross or Goodwill. Pretty pathetic, really. And there was not a darned thing I could do about it. The government has bigger and more guns than me.
“Great but what about the deadbeat moms who receive the support payments and spend the money on themselves or their boyfriends instead of on their kids?”
Well, I don’t want to engage in speculation (or stereotyping), but let’s just say that if the payments were being made, there would likely be a lot less of a need for welfare (and thus, less money taken from responsible taxpayers to pay for welfare programs).
I think a non-religious man that gets married within the jurisdiction of the US and its culture is a fool. I think a religious man who gets married within the jurisdiction of the US and its culture is taking a big gamble.
And I have three daughters in their 2o’s.
Exactly.
First thing - abolish no fault divorces. That alone will resolve most of them problems.
Second. Tax the crap out of divorce. Enforce IRS penalites on divorced people. We all know that if you want LESS of something - tax it.
Third. No court ordered child support. Won’t this lead to more welfare moms? Nope. Because we dry up those welfare checks for single moms too. You want welfare? Show me a marriage certificate.
Trouble is - all this is anathema to democrats and their plans for a welfare state by eleminating men and husbands. But the answer is simple. Get married. Have kids. Stay married.
People who throw cigarette butts out the car window.
$500.00 Fine 1st offense
NO. Failure to pay results in contempt of court. They are being arrested for contempt of court. If the judge doesn’t think they’re doing enough to find a way to pay their CS he will hold them in contempt for a couple weeks until their next hearing.
“...but let’s just say that if the payments were being made, there would likely be a lot less of a need for welfare (and thus, less money taken from responsible taxpayers to pay for welfare programs).”
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Nope. Even if court ordered child support payments are made it DOES perpetuate the Welfare System by forcing money from one party (against their will and by force) to give to another party.
Oh, and the state takes a cut also.
No, court ordered child support is an evil governmental trap to feed the socialist machine.
Meh. If I get married, I’m only doing it once. I’m not looking to be one of those people with a string of ex-wives. I can barely deal with ex-girlfriends as it is.
Any mother who will not identify the father of the Bastard child should get O dollars in any sort of State aid. Solves a whole bunch of problems down the road.
>>Meh. If I get married, I’m only doing it once. <<
Yeah, that is what I thought. It did last 20 years though. However, marriage takes two. Divorce only takes one. And people change.
“Nope. Even if court ordered child support payments are made it DOES perpetuate the Welfare System by forcing money from one party (against their will and by force) to give to another party.”
What is the alternative (besides marriage, etc.) then? American society can’t keep paying for welfare programs because deadbeats don’t feel like being responsible for their children.
>>No, court ordered child support is an evil governmental trap to feed the socialist machine.<<
This.
And to make it worse, divorce really does, in a backhanded way, make the entire family, including the father, wards of the state.
>>American society can’t keep paying for welfare programs because deadbeats don’t feel like being responsible for their children.<<
I agree. However, I would like to point out that not all deadbeats are DEADBEATS.
And what of the father who was happily married and supporting his family who’s wife simply decided she didn’t want to be married any more. And his kids are stripped from him against his will. And he is REQUIRED, via the force of the government gun, to pay money to that woman as “child support” with no control over how that money is spent.
And then he loses his job...
Disgusting deadbeat! Throw the book at him! /s
What is the alternative (besides marriage, etc.) then? American society can’t keep paying for welfare programs because deadbeats don’t feel like being responsible for their children.
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There IS NO alternative to marriage.
First - marriage and children is a moral right. God hates divorce. But say you are immoral and you want to look at this from a social level. Fine, we move to..
Second. EVERY study shows that children do better in stable homes. With mom and dad. This is a fact. So why? Why does the government provide the incentives for divorce? Why do they legitimize illegitimacy and promote the welfate state?
The only morally and socially responsible way to fight the welfare state is to stay married and deny funding to welfare programs for single parents and junk like that.
>>What is the alternative (besides marriage, etc.) then? American society can’t keep paying for welfare programs because deadbeats don’t feel like being responsible for their children.<<
The best solution is to stop no-fault divorce. Since somewhere between 70-80% of divorce is instigated by the woman, and the lions share of those are “no-fault”, it would piss of a lot of women who no longer want to work on their marriage, but it would really solve the problem.
The biggest problem is that too many women marry a man thinking they can change him, and too many men marry women wanting them to stay just as they are (especially swimsuit size). Neither ever happens. It creates, uh, tension.
I used to be appointed by the court to represent deadbeat parents. In my experience the court never even threatened jail unless there was overwhelming evidence of substantial income together with plenty of evidence of attempts to evade the payment.
The scenario would be that the judge would give the defendant 15 days to pay something like $5,000 towards the arrearage or go to jail. In nearly every case, the money would miraculously show up before the 15 days were up.
Disobeying a court order is a criminal matter.
“I agree. However, I would like to point out that not all deadbeats are DEADBEATS...”
I hear you. But there’s a big difference between a father who truly wants to be responsible but has fallen on hard times versus individuals who could care less about their kids (not even showing up for the birth of their own child, in many cases). And a responsible father would likely appear in court and demonstrate legitimate efforts to make good.
The biggest problem is that too many women marry a man thinking they can change him, and too many men marry women wanting them to stay just as they are (especially swimsuit size). Neither ever happens. It creates, uh, tension.
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Wise man said ~
A woman marries a man thinking he’ll change. He Doesn’t
A man marries a woman thinking she WON’T change. She Does.
“Why does the government provide the incentives for divorce? Why do they legitimize illegitimacy and promote the welfate state?”
Because we let them.
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