-Caveat Lector-
This is really uproarious. Bill Clinton and the govt. do
the stern look: "We're after you, you deadbeat dads."
Then it looks like (not yet proven) that Bill Clinton,
our illustrious supremo, is himself a deadbeat dad. I'm
laughing even as I type this.
Government Collects From Deadbeats
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The government reports a significant increase in
collecting overdue child support payments from deadbeat parents.
The total number of delinquent payments that the government collected
rose seven percent this year to a record $14.4 billion, an increase of
80 percent over the past six years. The number is a compilation of
both federal and state efforts nationwide.
Federal seizures of income tax refunds contributed greatly to the
increase.
Thousands of deadbeat parents across the nation opened their tax
refund envelopes only to find that the money they were expecting was
used to pay their delinquent child support, officials said.
The Department of Health and Human Services seized $1.1 billion in tax
refunds from parents who were delinquent in their child support
payments. More than a million American families in all 50 states
received money owed to them by delinquent parents through the program.
Under the program, state governments report the names of parents who
owe child support payments to HHS, which then notifies the delinquent
parents of the impending tax refund seizure. If the parents do not pay
their debt, the amount is deducted from their refund. HHS can also
report the failure to pay to credit agencies.
The White House also announced that next year's budget proposal will
include funding to find and prosecute violators under new, strict laws
that make moving across state lines to avoid paying child support a
federal offense.
Coordinating collection and prosecution efforts between state and
federal agencies has been very successful -- increasing the number of
federal convictions 18-fold since the program's inception in May.
The program, currently in five states, would be expanded to 17 more
states. The White House budget proposal asks for $34 million from
Congress to support legal staff in U.S. Attorneys' offices to deal
specifically with deadbeat parents. Another $12 million will be
reappropriated by HHS to hire and train investigators.
A state-by-state breakdown of the $14.4 billion in collections will be
released later in the winter.
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