[discostu]

You go ahead and don't fall for it, live your illusion. I'm the son of a deadbeat dad. A guy that could afford season tickets for both the Angels and the Rams but couldn't be bothered to spend $125 bucks a month on his own kid (and his only kid). He sent his last child support check in 1981 long before these national guidelines. He's scum, other men like him are scum, and if you defend them you're scum.

I sympathize with the guys being forced to cough up the vast majority of their paychecks, but they aren't the whole story. And until you can aknowledge that you'll never make headway on the issue.

[RogerFGay]

I sympathize with the guys being forced to cough up the vast majority of their paychecks, but they aren't the whole story. And until you can aknowledge that you'll never make headway on the issue.

I'm sorry you have personal issues with your father. I never discuss anyone's personal situation online. I don't know you or your father of course, and there's just no way for me to approach your individual situation in any reasonable way.

There are real limitations to what researchers can do. One thing we have to do is define what we're doing and understand the limitations of what we're doing. I've kindof been forced to do some research on enforcement just because it always came up in every discussion on child support. But the core of my research has been on methods of deciding how much should be awarded. I started that research in response to the problems being caused by the new, presumptive guidelines.

So, my impression is that we agree. If you can understand that, then I'll have gotten somewhere.