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California Reparations Task Force calls for eliminating child support debt for Black residents
Fox News ^ | 7/04/23 | Brandon Gillespie

Posted on 07/04/2023 3:52:33 AM PDT by Libloather

The California Reparations Task Force is asking the Democrat-controlled state legislature to eliminate interest on past-due child support, as well as any back child support debt for Black residents of the state.

In its final report released last week, the group claimed "discriminatory" laws "have torn African American families apart," and that one effect of that is the "harms" caused by "the disproportionate amount of African Americans who are burdened with child support debt."

The nearly 1,100-page document stated that Black Californians represent a larger percentage of those who owe child support debt than their proportion of the state's population.

It also claimed the 10% interest the state charges on back child support "hinders" their ability to finance further education, attend job training, find employment and maintain housing because of the legal consequences of not paying such debt.

The report cited a 2003 California Department of Child Support Services study that estimated 27% of owed child support in the state was unpaid interest, that those who owed child support had lower incomes than "the typical California worker" and that such interest required a larger portion of their income to actually pay the debt.

"The Task Force recommends that the Legislature enact legislation to terminate all interest accrued on back child support, requiring only the payment of the principal owed. At a minimum, the proposal recommends that the Legislature eliminate the prospective accrual of interest on child support debt for low-income parents," the report said.

"The Task Force further recommends that the Legislature amend Family Code section 17560, the 'offers in compromise' provision, to allow for offers in compromise and forgiveness of child support debt based solely on a parent’s fnancial (sic) circumstances and ability to pay," it added.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Food; Society
KEYWORDS: black; california; child; debt; reparations
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To: Libloather

…the “harms” caused by “the disproportionate amount of African Americans who are burdened with child support debt.”…
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Jeez… WTH to start. If ANY person is responsible for a child being conceived, THAT person is financially responsible for that child until it reaches adulthood. Garnishment of wages and other benefits or assets for child support (or for repayment of government expenses that are due to lack payment of child support) should be mandatory. This includes all pensions and retirement benefits.


21 posted on 07/04/2023 4:54:04 AM PDT by House Atreides (I’m now ULTRA-MAGA. -PRO-MAX’)
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To: whitney69

So it screws taxpayers and removes a major incentive for black fathers to pay child support on time?


22 posted on 07/04/2023 4:56:23 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Libloather

How about just eliminate any responsibility from blacks altogether, as the Democrats in Cali seem to think they are completely incompetent of anything except casting a democrat vote. I mean, y’all do what you want to, but do it with your own money, not a dime of US taxpayer’s money. Do it right and soon y’all will have all of them. Won’t that be grand?


23 posted on 07/04/2023 5:52:32 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Libloather

birth control is your friend if you don’t want kids you have to support. If you have them, feed them.


24 posted on 07/04/2023 6:06:59 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: Reno89519

black


25 posted on 07/04/2023 6:07:40 AM PDT by ronniesgal (friends don't let friends be Kardashians)
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To: mewzilla

It’s the definition of insanity to me.


26 posted on 07/04/2023 6:17:13 AM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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To: Libloather

Rename it to the Shakedown Committee.


27 posted on 07/04/2023 6:18:17 AM PDT by Seruzawa ("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
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To: mewzilla

The Hillary Clinton/Janet Reno smell is strong on this.


28 posted on 07/04/2023 6:21:49 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: maddog55

Correct, no boundaries whatsoever.


29 posted on 07/04/2023 6:23:27 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Libloather
So not supporting your own kids is an African American entitlement?

But really there's no point in picking apart the outrageous demands. It's just a way to get riled up in preparation for next year's presidential election.

30 posted on 07/04/2023 7:29:14 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Libloather

I could foresee a problem with this: by the time they determine who the daddy is, they’d all be in nursing homes anyway.


31 posted on 07/04/2023 7:31:54 AM PDT by Migraine
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To: Libloather

Wonder why people from other countries that were enslaved by Rome aren’t asking for Reparations?.


32 posted on 07/04/2023 8:33:53 AM PDT by Vaduz (....)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; BraveMan; cardinal4; ...

33 posted on 07/04/2023 8:41:54 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Putin should skip ahead to where he kills himself in the bunker.)
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To: 9YearLurker

“...fathers to pay child support on time?”

You got it!! Oh, they still have to pay it...legally. Just without the liability of all the back interest of the state spending taxpayer money to service the lack of previously not paying it. And if the father doesn’t wish to pay anything in the future, then at some point the state will write off the interest again because they feel it is uncollectable. So I guess the next question is that the state should stay out of it and not try to get their piece of the action as isn’t it a lost cause?

In California, consistent failure to pay child support can result in a felony charge. This is when the parent who should be paying support owes more than $2,500 in back payments. But if they already have that amount in debt as that is not a lot of money and they are being forgiven for the state part, does anyone have the idea that the police are going to start an investigation to find the guy even for a felony? This is where opposites become the same: fat chance/slim chance

wy69


34 posted on 07/04/2023 9:32:53 AM PDT by whitney69
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To: whitney69

As they continue the moral corruption, payoffs, division of the people and tainted allegiances to their positions and work.


35 posted on 07/04/2023 10:29:55 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: 9YearLurker

“...allegiances to their positions and work.”

Yep and they consider it a fair days work for a fair days wage so the state can get their piece of the action. Welcome to California government.

wy69


36 posted on 07/05/2023 6:51:45 AM PDT by whitney69
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