Stats tell the most reliable stories. Anecdotes tell the stories people want to believe. The welfare queen myth is just a racist piece of class warfare propaganda that has no basis in reality. It's important to go off statistics because that's the only way to get a clear perspective on how much bullshit it is.
When guys are arrested or taken to court for not paying child support, that is a result of the government trying to get families OFF the government dole.
Stats tell part of the story. When you only go off stats, which can be manipulated, you only see what other's may want to see. And can color your perception. How about you talk to the DA on the cases that they dismiss, the PDs office, the private attorney
For instance, people generally think of Baltimore (Baltimore being synonymous with black people) and Heroin. The stats are pretty high for that. Yet now there is this growing need to solve the heroin issue, because white middle class kids are ODing on heroin. So, now there is a problem!!! Where are they getting it from? Well, you have to be hard on those dealers? Where do they live?
And no, when a guy gets arrested for child support, it's a way that the government tries to step in an badly curb social issues, AND THE COURTS ARE DEPENDENT on the arrests. Also, who made the report? The woman did!!! The very same woman who many times knew that the dude she had a kid (s) with is no good, and can't keep a job. Have you ever spent time in the family courts?
And how is locking someone up for non-payment of child support, which means that the person may lose their job (and we are assuming the person is working), which means he will further be in arrears. Which means he will be locked up AGAIN. That is not trying to get people off the government dole, that is helping to increase the recidivism rate!!!
Don't any of you get this!!!! People/ government are dependent on dysfunction!!! The more it is, the more people profit from it. We live in a capitalist society. So, problems that exist are easy to make money off of---go to the local courthouse. See all the people who are dependent on just one traffic ticket. One assault. And