SOCIOL 111AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Immigration And Nationality Act Of 1965, Black Market, Liminality
Document Summary
Fatherhood and child support policies; immigration policies and family expenses. The video from deadbeat to dead broke: the why behind unpaid child support . Ca be accumulating child support and debt while you"re in prison. Child support came out to be in its current form in 1975. Child support ends up being regressive (contrary to taxes, which are progressive) The system hasn"t done a good job distinguishing between fathers who cant pay and fathers who don"t pay. This book is about people who cant pay, but for the most part they would like to contribute but they are just dead broke. Consequences of tough child support policies on low-income men. May make it harder for father to become better providers for their children. Cant reduce child support orders to pursue education. May suspend a license he needs to be able to work. May push fathers into the underground economy, or reduce incentives to work.
