Child Support & Welfare Reform (was RE: working class civil society)

Yoshie Furuhashi furuhashi.1 at osu.edu
Sun Mar 26 15:59:54 PST 2000


Kelley:


>let's say i was eligible for welfare. i should also think the ex should
>pay. he makes 32k. family income is 70k (which ironically includes 7k
>from the father of his step daughter PLUS child care expenses pro rata.).
>his mortgage is on a house worth 85k. so he's not paying out the nose for
>housing. he's not bad off, iow. but he has a father's rights atty who'll
>encourage him to do anything.
>
>he should be paying, even if i were eligible for welfare, don't you think?
>yeah, socialism would be nice. but we're not there yet.

*How many* fathers of kids on welfare make 32K, have the family income of 70K, and a house worth 85K??? That's what I'd like to know. Empirical stats please.

Yoshie



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