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In reply to the discussion: Ex-Rep. Joe Walsh: I Can’t Afford Child Support Payments [View all]tavalon
(27,985 posts)17. I do not get this at all
I am recently estranged from my husband. We aren't as of yet officially divorced. I willingly pay half of my paycheck for my (step)child as he has autism and has a lot of medical and dietary needs. If I had an official piece of paper, it would probably say I owe less than a quarter of that, and I would still pay what I'm paying. I do it because it's the right thing to do. I left my husband, not my child.
I'm aware that sometimes circumstances make support payments hard, but I have difficulty believing a congresscritter would qualify for that. He makes a heck of a lot more than I do.
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If he can't, pay jail him. Then bill him for his incarceration. Damned if the taxpayer will foot
Katashi_itto
Feb 2013
#7
Ha! He lost his job through no voluntary act of his own (except for his extremist nutjob positions).
LonePirate
Feb 2013
#9
I would say being a nasty, loud mouthed asshole was a totally voluntary act.
Auntie Bush
Feb 2013
#18
Does the mother get to do that, too? So the children will become homeless orphans?
Honeycombe8
Feb 2013
#10
“Joe’s employment has been terminated through no voluntary act of his own"
ScreamingMeemie
Feb 2013
#36