Originally Posted by
stinawords
Again you can't force a person to work that is slavery which was outlawed a long time ago. However, for certain things the person has to show attempts at gettting a job. Such as the laid off/fired person. That person can not be forced to look for a job by the old company they are just told that unless they do the old company will not pay any compensation. While I too get frustrated when I see someone sitting on their butt living off of my tax money there are only certain things that can be done to encourage that person to find work. Such as what I mentioned before they won't be elegible for benefits unless they are trying to find a job and even working min. wage.
I think the whole system is just frustrating. In my opinion, your support shouldn't be reduced because of your own actions, like if you cut your own hours or quit your job. But if you got laid off and are actively making an effort to work elsewhere, I'd say that's grounds for a reduction - it wasn't something you chose to do.
I know another woman who has three kids by three different fathers, isn't collecting support from any of them, gets more state assistance than I have hairs on my head, and then to top it all off, sells drugs so that she doesn't have to get a job to pay for all of her partying. If the state would
require those fathers to support their children, my tax money wouldn't be paying for all of her tattoos and drinking.