Beld admits that child support collection entrepreneur Robert Williams has had a significant influence on the development of guidelines (715–716). His original 1987 study explicitly states that his recommendations were intended to increase the average child support order by 250%. SourceMost states blindly followed his recommendations.
Maybe people shouldn’t have children they don’t want to support.
blind is the correct word.
Most states and government entities in general have absolutely no idea whatsoever how to collect money. So they increase the amount they WANT to collect to make up for the percentage of what the DO collection versus what they assess.
I’ve tried in vain for years to try to get various counties and cities to outsource their collections so that they could up the collection rates by 100+ for a small fee of around 1-3% of above-baseline collection amounts but the liberals bureaucrats in every case referred to it as mercenary work (and continued to help deny money to those who are legally entitled to it: custodial parents, municipalities, counties, various agencies, etc)
When the IRS tell us that they have somewhere in the 1/3T in uncollection assessed taxes on an ongoing basis, you have to wonder why we bother to keep them as an agency since they do little more than what we would collect as a Federal government if we simply allowed people to truly voluntarily pay taxes.
That is freakin’ stupid!!!!!
I have two sisters. One divorced to go with an old boyfriend. One had the husband leave her (imo, warranted). Both were horrendous ex-wives, causing horrible grief for both these guys. (honestly, one I like and one I don’t)
The only consolation in the whole thing is that out of 5 children, only 1 speaks to her mom on a regular basis, while every one of them has a relationship with their dad. (Two boys don’t speak to their mothers at all)
And, to me the biggest blessing is that I have taken over the “grandma” role. I have one nephew driving from Cleveland to Detroit today to see us. The youngest boy (who turns 30 this year btw) named his daughter after me.
It looks horrible now, but understand kids are not stupid and see the whole thing for what it is when they grow up.