My only question was, what does the current administration have to do with her marriage problems? If others don't see that as the sign of something seriously wrong with this person, then I'll be!
How does this present administration view dead beat dads? I have received no child support for 26 months, my ex husbnd is a Greek Orthodox Priest who holds a valid Marriage Counselor Licence and Mental Health Therapist.
For whatever reason, she was not given an opportunity to explain what she wrote, but read it carefully...
She never blames the current admin for her situation, and she doesn't necessarily seem to be asking for some kind of federal handout. She asks if anyone knows how the admin leans on the issue, then she briefly states her current situation. The rest of us FReepers filled in the blanks.
I've been on the forum for a while now--since '99, when my hubby first signed on. It really used to be a news/discussion forum. Not that we didn't have trolls, but we never used to stomp on newbies. We really didn't. A lot of FReepers have stopped visiting the forum because of the kind of nonsense posted on this thread and that IS a shame. Granted, the trolls are much more regular now than they were in the past--they used to come in waves, but only around elections or when something controversial was going on (Elian Gonzalez and 9/11 spring to mind).
Most of this thread was pretty tame, and most of us will see each other on future threads and everything will be cool. This forum has some bad apples, though. In my opinion, the wrong FReeper got the boot today.
Guess that's why I'm not running the show!
Since you asked...
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov/index.shtml
This non-profit has been getting federal funds for years. It was part of the answer to help end "welfare as we know it".
http://www.fatherhood.org/2005_gala_story.asp
Did you know there was a formula giving states matching funds for child support collected? State are required to have a standard in place for their child support formulas. Making those formuals high is encouraged.
There are federal codes about collecting cross state border cases. We (the US) has signed treaties to deal with cases that involve situations that leave our borders.