This whole issue is transparent.
The government learned from the lawyer industry: Pit husbands and wives, mothers and fathers against one another. Then take a cut of the fight proceeds.
I mean come on, how does a tax on child support help the mom? Or the dad? Or the child?
Who DOES benefit? Cui bono?
Who DOES benefit?I hope the article makes it perfectly clear. It benefits an entirely unnecessary government bureacracy - that's all.
Read the article, this is not a tax on all child support, this is only a $25 fee on those receiving over $500 per year through the FEDERAL child support enforcement system. For those who are paying and receiving outside that system, including those working within state systems of collection, this doesn't apply. And the term "luxury" is not used in the law, its just some incendiary language designed to get people to buy a magazine or look at a website.
For those who utilize the Federal Government to rectify their bad choices of people to procreate with, it makes sense to charge something for it. If I make a bad choice as to who to do business with, and I want the might of a governmental collection system to make me whole again, I still have to pony up court costs to file suit. And they're way more than $25, and there's no guarantee that I'm gonna collect, even if I'm found to be in the right.
Ummmmm, it helps the taxpayer - the person paying for the system. We can either help pay for collection - or like in days past, we can support all these millions of women and children on welfare.
For me, it's a no-brainer. Parents should support their own children.