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.
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Replying to @AvengingRedHand
It does make sense in the context where it happens. The state is in the position of requiring people to do things but having no leverage on them.
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Replying to @anomalyuk @AvengingRedHand
A person on welfare is theoretically being given the minimum they need by the state. Therefore it can't take anything away from them.
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Replying to @anomalyuk @AvengingRedHand
Imprisoning them for petty non-compliance would be seen as unreasonably - maybe unconstitutionally - harsh, and is also counterproductively expensive
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Replying to @anomalyuk @AvengingRedHand
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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Replying to @AvengingRedHand @anomalyuk
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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Replying to @Fox13192 @AvengingRedHand
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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Replying to @anomalyuk @Fox13192
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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