California may be forced to finally reform welfare

California may be forced to finally reform welfare

The Terminator may help the real John Conner shut down the ‘money machines’

http://www.mensnewsdaily.com/archive/u-v/untershine/2005/untershine031405.htm

Jim Untershine, GZS of LB, 03-13-05

The offensive bankruptcy bill, which the Senate recently passed into law, has been lobbied for by Banks and Credit Card companies who are sick and tired of getting stiffed by parents who were impoverished by Family Law. Breadwinning parents who were cast aside by Family Courts and forced to pay outrageous amounts of money and the dependant parents forced to beg for welfare when the breadwinner becomes unemployed.

As reported by USA Today - “Supporters of the bill, which include credit card companies and banks, say the change would prevent abuses by compulsive shoppers, gamblers, deadbeat parents and others who don't want to be responsible for their debts.”, “During debate on the Senate floor, Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., said; ‘The bankruptcy courts are filled with cases of hardworking single mothers who were pushed over the financial brink because they failed to get the child support they deserve’.”

Banks and credit card companies may soon realize that Child Support Enforcement (CSE) is guaranteed by Federal Law to have the ”first crack” at a deadbeat parent’s income. Rather than waiting for this meaningless bankruptcy law to have no affect on the problem, credit card companies may take a few seconds to construct a rudimentary database that would finally reform welfare and make CSE disappear.

California Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, may be able to pull a rabbit out of a hat by trading welfare reform for Federal penalty forgiveness and canceling expensive contracts by shortsighted companies promising the State’s salvation. Making CSE disappear may be the only way California can bring the State’s budget back in the black.

As reported by the Sacramento Bee – “Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's appeals to the Bush administration to stop the fines won a temporary delay of last year's penalty but, to the surprise of Schwarzenegger administration officials, the federal government is now demanding payment of both this year's and last year's penalties - a total of $385 million. The state already has paid about $750 million in federal penalties.”

A fair and just Family Law system would finally grant parents the RIGHT to support their children. It would also stop the senseless violence, loss of life, and acts of desperation by parents who are being persecuted by the present out of control Family Law system or by parents who would do anything to avoid it. Leveling the playing field may come at some great cost, however, since it would lead to the deletion of useless government programs like "Child Support Enforcement (CSE)", “Temporary Aid to Needy Families (TANF)”, “Child Protective Services (CPS)”, “Social Security”, "Responsible Fatherhood", and "Healthy Marriage".

The "Family Rights" program and the soon to be privatized "Custody Free" child support program (which has come into existence before coming into existence) will be the only active programs operating on the Family Law platform. TANF, CSE, and CPS programs will all be leisure services within the "Labor", "Treasury", "Education" and "Agriculture" departments in every State.

The Family Law environment of the future provides for the "Preservation, Protection, and Prosperity" of families by allowing parents to record and scrutinize the cost of raising their children. When a child is born (in this new family friendly environment) a bookmark is created which points to the child's biological parents, and is recognized by various government programs as a potential customer regarding streams of support offered by the taxpayers. Each child's bookmark will point to a credit card account that will serve as a bucket for financial assistance that can be filled by parents, employers, medical insurance, and government agencies. The charges made to the child's account will be limited to an approved list of goods or services that are agreed upon by the child's parents. The deposits and expenditures on the goods or services associated with this "Custody Free" account will provide feedback to the parents, and optionally to USDA (Agriculture Dept), CSE (Treasury Dept), CSE (Labor Dept), and TANF/CPS (Education Dept).

The system is already in place - Companies already record everything that we buy

When a customer gathers groceries at a major supermarket - they produce the store's "Discount Card". When a customer gathers goods at a major department store - they produce the store's "Charge Card". When a customer gathers medical services at a medical facility - they produce a medical "Insurance Card". Scanning the customer's card creates a file on each company's computer identifying every item purchased by this customer. If each company forwarded the summaries of itemized charges back to the customer (or agency, bank, employer, church, or accountant), then debts could be distributed to those authorized to pay for each particular charge.

Parents living together after the birth of a child will establish a child support baseline that would have little reason to change if the parents ever choose to separate. Parents who choose not to live together will contribute to the "Custody Free" account and their contributions may vary depending on their present income or the level of their child's financial bucket. The account can lock the contributions made by each parent and the financial surplus can spill over to a college fund that would earn interest and also serve as a cash reserve for periods of unexpected parent unemployment.

And now a word from our sponsor – Stop the destruction of the American Family

The American Coalition of Fathers and Children (under the leadership of Dr Stephen Baskerville and Michael McCormick) have issued “An appeal to the parents of America about the destruction of the American Family”. All parents (regardless of gender) are urged to join the ACFC “in demanding that our elected officials at all levels investigate the machinery of Family Law and child custody and render a full and candid account to the American people”. Download the recent flyer from the ACFC website and subscribe to the “The Liberator” and share this information with your local lawmakers.

CONTACT: ACFC – 1718 M St. NW, #187 – Washington, DC 20036 – info@acfc.org - (800) 978-3237 – www.acfc.org