[RogerFGay]

Well, I'm not a divorced woman myself, just (well at least I thought) a rational woman (well, at least when I have my hormones under control *L*)

Well, obviously the rational and extremely obvious interpretation is that the guy who protested sees what's happened to him as being very, very wrong. $50,000 is a lot of money. That's generally one of the ways that rational people can tell that the amounts being ordered as "child support" are irrationally and arbitrarily high. Since the article does not provide sufficient information about the case (and I wouldn't trust that writer to provide it) we don't know if that was for one month or two or some other length of time. What we can reasonably assume is that Jed Magby has been denied effective due process, that the state is acting outside its legitimate interest and powers by enforcing the order, and that there have been horrific personal consequences for Jed Magby.

[Happygal]

Yes $50,000 is a lot of money.
Mercedes Benz don't come cheap either last time I had a look around the showroom.

[sinkspur]

What we can reasonably assume is that Jed Magby has been denied effective due process, that the state is acting outside its legitimate interest and powers by enforcing the order, and that there have been horrific personal consequences for Jed Magby.

Or, we can also reasonably assume that Jed Magby is a selfish bastard who would rather torch his car like a hoodlum than take care of his obligations to children he fathered.

You grind your axe so regularly by defending the most bizarre behavior of borderline lunatics that I'm guessing your ex cleaned you out real good.

I'd be embarrassed to be whimpering like a baby as often as you. Any sympathy or understanding I used to try to muster for you has long since turned into disgust at the constant whining.

[Tall_Texan]

What we can reasonably assume is that Jed Magby has been denied effective due process, that the state is acting outside its legitimate interest and powers by enforcing the order, and that there have been horrific personal consequences for Jed Magby.

What we can also reasonably assume by the child support orders in two states where he no longer resides, that Jed Magby and his Mercedes Benz appear to run away from his problems until they find him. I sympathize with many men in his situation but this guy sure sounds like a lout.