Good soap box! We have the same problem here, only we put people in jail for not paying child support.

Wow that sucks I would say get a lawyer and go after the state for the $100 just for the principle of it. But I am sure that is not possible as it's more expensive for that then to just deal with it. Which in the end sucks as well. I hope things change.

I 'm with Jerry.
First time here.
I just found you through Momma Fargo's blog.
Great site!
Betty

Momma Fargo...Lol..that's another story..(that actually happened to me once about 13 years ago because of their error)....

Jerry...I would actually like to go after BofA for that dang $100. They are criminal as well...

Betty...Thanks for coming and checking out my rambling.. Always nice to see faces in the crowd :)

Can you take the state to small claims court? You can represent yourself.... They'll probably send a lawyer to represent them, and that will cost them more than $100.... So you'd win in that respect. But the lawyer will be paid with taxpayer dollars.... So you're going to get screwed again....

It's ridiculous to see the game our government is playing with the state of California. Nobody cares about their constituents. It's all red and blue. Black and white. Nobody sees across the aisle, they only vote along with their party's designations.... But on the other hand, nobody cares enough to research who they're going to vote for in the election.... If you ask ten random people walking down the street in California, when the next election for the position of Governor of California is going to be held, how many of them do you think will get the answer right? Try asking them to name one person with their name in the running for the open Governor’s seat. Or give them a trick question and ask them if they think Schwarzenegger is going to be able to save the state government next year…..

The state is spending ridiculous amounts of money on ridiculous things…. I bet you that if there was an audit of the funds that our state is spending, we’d find hundreds of millions of dollars just being spend on nothing. Millions spent on programs that have been closed for years, paying people to sit in front of a computer pushing a button every 108 minutes for absolutely no reason whatsoever....

Do you remember the break out story about the State of California not canceling phone lines when they closed down offices and buildings….. So they spent millions of dollars on vacant phone lines, and nobody knew about it…. Then the spent more money hiring people to try and find out what lines worked and what lines just rang and rang and rang….

I’m not going to begin to try to imagine how many people have been fired from their government position, but still have their cell phone paid for by our government. Or how many active government issue cell phones are sitting in a box unused….

Do you remember the whole issue with the LADWP? They spent millions of dollars on an ad campaign, begging people to drink the tap water and to ditch the bottled water. Then we find out that during the same year they put out the commercial, the LADWP spends tens of thousands of dollars on bottled water for their offices…. I guess the sink water isn’t good enough for them….

I wrote something a while back about how the government is now threatening the closure and sale of some of our state landmarks and most famous venues and the land they occupy. http://asblackasobama.blogspot.com/2009/05/orange-county.html . They’re pulling the old bait and switch and instead of looking internally, we’re all going to get screwed in the end. What’s going to happen when we don’t have anything else to sell? The City of Los Angeles alone will have to figure out how to eliminate a $200,000,000+ budget deficit at the end of this year…. How are they going to fix that?

I’m not saying that I have all, or any, or the answers to the problems…. I’m just saying that it’s disappointing.

Sorry for ranting Bendigo.... I figured you'd listen to me....

ABAO.....WOW!!!

You truly get it...Awesome...now if we can just get a few more million people to realize what you just brought up we are set...It's sad but true, that we are screwed by our government each and every day. The people that are supposed to be looking out for our best interests are just self serving *@#%!!! I definitely listen and I totally agree with you...

Nothing is more frustrating than being ignored...

Pretty much all of the fathers I know who pay child support are fed up, so it sounds like you're not alone. When I hear what some of you pay each month I don't even know how you live... Don't get me wrong, I'm all for child support, but the system definitely has some flaws.

My granddaughter doesn't even get the small amount she's supposed to get. It was to be taken directly from his paycheck. Seems the only way my daughter can do anything about it, is to take him to court. (at least you pay yours) Good Dad!

Yeah and on top of all that, now we're going to be forced to buy health insurance enforced by the rotten IRS! It will soon be called the USSA the United States of Socialist America.

I don't have any cool advice for you, but I can say that I feel your pain...so sorry, it must really suck in so many different ways.

lol@Joe... It was just a way for me to scream at the top of my lungs without really screaming at the top of my lungs. I felt better as soon as i hit publish :)

I've also been on the negative end of both a dishonest ex and a "don't give a shit bank." They both suck!
Anyway, first time here. I'm liking what I see, so I'm gonna tag along if you don't mind.
Thanks!

welcome Pat :) Thanks for coming along for the ride

Excellent post. Way to stick it to them. You should contact your congressman but that will probably get you nowhere fast.

I hate politics and gov't bs too. I am not familiar with how child support works but it seems like it sucks like everything else.

Your letter was well said and to the point. It wasn't over the top.

PT man..Thanks...No response from that one, so the next letter is being written and sent to the GOVANATAOR...Let's see how Arnold's office likes getting a few hundred of these emails..I can resend all day long :)

This post really brings me back to some crappy stuff pulled by my EX, I have no problem paying child support and taking care of my kids but what I always had a problem with was she being allowed to play games by throwing me into court for bogus reasons, I got called in for non payment of child support when it was being taken from my paycheck, this was my idea but me having to get documentation from my employer and the child support division to prove that I was not behind only added to the joy of the ex.

I could go on and on but will sum it up by saying situations like this the only winners are the Lawyers because they are getting paid and the rest of us are getting screwed, the dishonest ex's may be smiling but they are screwing with our kids heads and this sucks!!!

Jimmy...all I can say to that is AMEN!