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Servicemen victimized by child support system
Why don't you listen to the actual man on the Tom Leykis show. Here's the
podcast: http://podcast.itm-1014.com/klsx1/533326.mp3 "MCP" wrote in message . uk... http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/ar...TICLE_ID=56382 Posted: June 27, 2007 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Jeffery M. Leving and Glenn Sacks Congressional Republicans have taken enormous criticism from Democrats, feminists and the mainstream media for making modest reductions in federal subsidies to state child support enforcement efforts. Because these enforcement programs are popular on the left, child support enforcement agencies have long been able to operate with few questions asked. A highly publicized new California court ruling demonstrates why it's time to bring restraint and oversight to this area of government. Taron James of Torrance, Calif., a decorated Navy veteran, carried out hazardous reconnaissance missions behind Iraqi lines in the aftermath of the first Persian Gulf War. While overseas, James was notified that a woman he knew back home was demanding that he pay child support for her newborn son. Los Angeles County entered a default paternity judgment against James, in part because James' military commitments made it difficult for him to defend himself. Despite DNA evidence that James was not the father, the county garnisheed James' wages for a decade and employed numerous punitive measures against him, costing him a management position and forcing him to drop out of college. James eventually got the judgment set aside, but last week a California Court of Appeal refused to order that James be reimbursed for the wages the county garnisheed. Unfortunately, the Taron James case is not uncommon. Many men - particularly those in the military - are targets of abusive child support enforcement practices. While states receive federal funds for every child support dollar they collect, there are scant penalties for abuses. As a result, enforcement agencies have little incentive to give targeted men due process, to fix mistakes, or to write off erroneously or unfairly accrued debt. Instead, the bureaucracy simply charges ahead in trying to collect as much as possible. (Column continues below) --- -- "An Injustice To One Man, Woman or Child Threatens Justice To All People Equally" -Dean Tong |
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