One of the stupidest legal concepts around is driver's license suspension as a punishment for non-traffic offences like failure to pay child support. I mean, think about that for even one second.
Without fines or imprisonment, the state is helpless to force any cooperation. In the big picture it's insane, but the insanity is in producing that situation.
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not sure you are understanding my point Depriving a man of the ability to earn money as a punishment for not having money...
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... makes no sense
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Technically, such penalties generally only kick in for *willful* failure to pay child support. So if you could show you truly had no way to pay (e.g. you were in a coma and couldn't work), then those penalties shouldn't apply.
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Probably. But how much can the system afford to spend on adjudicating a hundred-dollar debt? I would expect a high error rate.
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also, people with suspended licenses drive. Fact. So were back to fines or jail anyway.
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Ultimately it's an attempt to make someone's miserable life just a little bit more miserable. Because what else have you got.
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