The tax analogy would be the IRS thinks you should be better at stocks, maybe on the basis you had a few good years, then taxes you for that this year instead of your bad gains due to luck/depression/whatever.
https://greensboro.com/ex-hostage-jailed-in-child-support-ca...
I have a relative who worked in family law and I have no doubt there is a subset of the population (or rather the subset of the population who end up in the family court system) stupid and vindicative enough that they would deliberately get themselves held hostage, if they thought it would get them out of child support.
>stupid and vindicative enough that they would deliberately get themselves held hostage, if they thought it would get them out of child support.
It sounds like you're arguing in favor of a broken system. In what world is it rational to get held hostage? In this one apparently.
If someone can't afford gas or tools to work, then the child suffers more.
Even if it isnt the norm, traps and perverse situations abound.
I have met a few people at work who feared jail time whenever there were rumors of restructuring or layoffs. Even with their tech salaries, they had no money leftover for emergency fund. And if they don’t pay child support, they’ll go to jail. How are they supposed to support their children from a jail?
