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I think desperation drives men and women who have to pay child support into this BS. For a blue collar worker making ends meet is hard enough without thousands of dollars being skimmed off of their paycheck. It drives people to work under the table, then they can afford to live but may not have healthcare and certainly no savings going into social security. I'm not making excuses for people rather I think it's an indictment of poor governance. Lack of sex education and birth control, poor wages causing stress on families, weak social safety net, unaffordable health insurance. None of these are isolated problems
Yes. Although the phrasing "skimmed off of their paycheck" implies that it's unfair, when IMO it's responsibility.
Ironically, if there's poor sex-ed, they're largely responsible for that, too, by voting in dumb fucks who'd rather pretend teens are just magically not going to have sex if they don't have access to condoms and education.
But, yes: income disparity is at catastrophic levels with wealth concentrated in a few people who really need to be introduced to Mangione[1], the lack of universal healthcare is a disgrace, and the only warfare is class warfare.
[1] Chuck Mangione, the flugelhorn player, of course