(05-09-2022, 07:54 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(05-09-2022, 10:16 AM)jj82284 Wrote: In every stare that I am aware of, Father's are legally obligated to financially support their children.

And that works about as well as restraining orders. People who are hellbent on avoiding their responsibilities to their child(ren) or beating on their baby mama/daddy are going to do so no matter what any law says.

Well we do a pretty good job as a society punishing father's that skip child support. However many of the fathers on child support are low wage workers so it's not really enough to make a difference. I know I have a few guys that I have to deduct child support and they're always the lowest wage workers in my shop. They usually have the least ambition to do more and generally stay in entry level roles way to long. 

Deadbeat dads are often deadbeat workers too, not always but more then not in my experience. 

I think we can make these social in programs better, food stamps for example it should be ran more like the WIC program. Instead of an EBT with money loaded and they get to but whatever it should be specific nutritional stuff. If you want junk food work on making more so you can buy it. 

I'm not going to sign off on socialized medicine for everyone but I'm ok with it for minors. It's not the minors fault their parents are unable or unwilling to provide medical care. If we can send a trillion dollars to Ukraine we can make sure our kids have medical care. 

Make school choice nationwide give kids the chance to attend private and charter schools were already funding education let's make it competitive to get the best results for the kids. 

We do the safety nets half-[BLEEP] that's what I'm realizing as I get older and move up the economic ladder. I'm doing well now that wasn't always the case, we struggled as a young family. I have seen and in lived the poverty we worked out of it, it can be done but not every kid has parents willing to it, that's where we have to fill the gap imo. Otherwise it becomes generational and that's a real problem.

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