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1.  Bob Baker  
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 More options Oct 1 1999, 3:00 am
Newsgroups: soc.men, alt.support.divorce, alt.child-support, soc.singles, uk.gov.agency.csa
From: bobbyj...@home.com (Bob Baker)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

In article <7t0itn$ok...@kira.peak.org>, godd...@kira.peak.org (Marg Petersen) wrote:
>In article <_9LI3.1003$yg.16...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>,
>Bob Baker <bobbyj...@home.com> wrote:

>>>>So you believe that CS amounts should not be based on the NCP income but
>>>>should stricktly be based on the minimum amount needed to raise a child.
>>>>Glad to hear that.

>Where did I say that?  Are you implying that the child of
>Bill Gates should receive the same in CS payments as MY
>child?  Bwahahahahahahaha.  You're very funny, dear.  I
>can just see Gates' child being supported on $400 a month. :-)

You said it when you agreed that the CP should receive no benefit from the
CS award. If a secretary for Microsoft somehow got pregnant by Mr. Bill,
why should she receive an excessive CS amount? Do you really think that it
would take 10K (or more) a month to raise this child. If you honestly
believe that an award this size would be spent only on the child ... I
have some *really* good bottom land in Florida for sale.

>[snip]
>>No it's not Pat. If the woman is to receive no benefit from the CS amount
>>(which Marg agreed to) then the amount of money received in CS should be
>>based stricktly on the amount to support the child, not to raise the CP's
>>standard of living.

>And just how are you going to judge the amount of CS it takes
>to "support the child" for everyone's child?  The courts already
>consider it to be reasonable to assess CS as a percentage of the
>amount of money that both parents are already earning/have.  I
>think that is reasonable, myself.

Why? If the parents never had a familial relationship, the child has never
had a *lifestyle* to maintain. Why should having a child be like the
lottery?

B. Baker

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2.  Marg Petersen  
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From: godd...@kira.peak.org (Marg Petersen)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony
In article <CrXI3.1242$yg.22...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>,

But I didn't agree to that.  Others said i did.  Different
kettle of fish.

If a secretary for Microsoft somehow got pregnant by Mr. Bill,

>why should she receive an excessive CS amount? Do you really think that it
>would take 10K (or more) a month to raise this child. If you honestly
>believe that an award this size would be spent only on the child ... I
>have some *really* good bottom land in Florida for sale.

It is irrelevant whether or not ALL of the CS is spent on
the child.  The child gets what the parents can provide.
Simple really.

>>[snip]
>>>No it's not Pat. If the woman is to receive no benefit from the CS amount
>>>(which Marg agreed to) then the amount of money received in CS should be
>>>based stricktly on the amount to support the child, not to raise the CP's
>>>standard of living.

>>And just how are you going to judge the amount of CS it takes
>>to "support the child" for everyone's child?  The courts already
>>consider it to be reasonable to assess CS as a percentage of the
>>amount of money that both parents are already earning/have.  I
>>think that is reasonable, myself.

>Why? If the parents never had a familial relationship, the child has never
>had a *lifestyle* to maintain. Why should having a child be like the
>lottery?

Why not?  :-) If you can *catch* him, why shouldn't he
pay to support his own child?  Ah, I see, you'd like for
*rich* men to pay the same as a poor one.  Ain't gonna
happen.

>B. Baker

Marg

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3.  Bob Baker  
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From: bobbyj...@home.com (Bob Baker)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

What right does the child have to Mr. Bill's cash? It's not like Mr Bill
had been providing a lifestyle for the child already.

Sex should not be a 'lottery' where the woman can 'lie, cheat, and/or
steal' to win ....

B. Baker

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   the words you read--the songs you sing,
   the pictures that give pleasure to your eye ...

   Look around this world we've made,
   equality our stock and trade,
   You never have to wonder how or why ...

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4.  John Fereira  
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From: ja...@cornell.edu (John Fereira)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

In article <si5J3.1562$yg.23...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>, bobbyj...@home.com (Bob Baker) wrote:
>Sex should not be a 'lottery' where the woman can 'lie, cheat, and/or
>steal' to win ....

Fortunately, in my experience it rarely is.  If that's what you're
experiencing, perhaps you have an inherent ability to choose women
that lie, cheat, and.or steal.

John Fereira
Ithaca, NY
ja...@cornell.edu


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5.  John Fereira  
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From: ja...@cornell.edu (John Fereira)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

In article <37F4E3A6.11908...@northnet.com.au>, Edmund Esterbauer <edmu...@northnet.com.au> wrote:
>Every child support recipient who does not work to contribute to the upkeep of
> the child is a
>thief- I guess they are not the exception as you make out but the norm.

You've been hurt, haven't you.

You'd like to believe that it *is* the norm as it supports a sour grapes
mentality.  

>> In article <si5J3.1562$yg.23...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>, bobbyj...@home.com
> (Bob Baker) wrote:

>> >Sex should not be a 'lottery' where the woman can 'lie, cheat, and/or
>> >steal' to win ....

>> Fortunately, in my experience it rarely is.  If that's what you're
>> experiencing, perhaps you have an inherent ability to choose women
>> that lie, cheat, and.or steal.

>> John Fereira
>> Ithaca, NY
>> ja...@cornell.edu

John Fereira
Ithaca, NY
ja...@cornell.edu

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6.  Bob Baker  
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From: bobbyj...@home.com (Bob Baker)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

In article <7t2o3r$mf...@news01.cit.cornell.edu>, ja...@cornell.edu (John Fereira) wrote:
>In article <si5J3.1562$yg.23...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>, bobbyj...@home.com (Bob
> Baker) wrote:

>>Sex should not be a 'lottery' where the woman can 'lie, cheat, and/or
>>steal' to win ....

>Fortunately, in my experience it rarely is.  If that's what you're
>experiencing, perhaps you have an inherent ability to choose women
>that lie, cheat, and.or steal.

But as long as the system could let it happen at all, then the system is
flawed, don't you think?

B. Baker

..We've taken care of everything,
   the words you read--the songs you sing,
   the pictures that give pleasure to your eye ...

   Look around this world we've made,
   equality our stock and trade,
   You never have to wonder how or why ...

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7.  Pat Winstanley  
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From: pee...@NOSPAMpierless.demon.co.uk (Pat Winstanley)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony
On Sat, 02 Oct 1999 02:39:02 +1000, Edmund Esterbauer

<edmu...@northnet.com.au> wrote:
>Every child support recipient who does not work to contribute to the upkeep of the child is a
>thief

So, all children who are supported by their parents are theives?

Pat Winstanley


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8.  Aaron R. Kulkis  
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From: "Aaron R. Kulkis" <akul...@flash.net>
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

John Fereira wrote:

> In article <si5J3.1562$yg.23...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>, bobbyj...@home.com (Bob Baker) wrote:

> >Sex should not be a 'lottery' where the woman can 'lie, cheat, and/or
> >steal' to win ....

> Fortunately, in my experience it rarely is.  If that's what you're
> experiencing, perhaps you have an inherent ability to choose women
> that lie, cheat, and.or steal.

Speaking of liars...

> John Fereira
> Ithaca, NY
> ja...@cornell.edu

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9.  Mark Jebens  
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From: Xmjeb...@primenet.com (Mark Jebens)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony
bit...@seal.engr.sgi.com (James Buster) wrote on 30 Sep 1999 01:04:37 GMT:

Calif. has a taper, but it does not start coming into effect until the
parent's combined net is about $80K per annum.  
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10.  Bob Baker  
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From: bobbyj...@home.com (Bob Baker)
Date: 1999/10/01
Subject: Re: Re alimony

In article <37f39b3...@news1.vip.uk.com>, "John Ward" <john.w...@iclweb.com> wrote:
>Bob Baker wrote in message <_9LI3.1003$yg.16...@news.rdc1.tn.home.com>...
>[snip]
>>If the woman is to receive no benefit from the CS
>>amount (which Marg agreed to) then the amount of money
>>received in CS should be based stricktly on the amount to
>>support the child, not to raise the CP's standard of living.
>[snip]

>Whether or not Marg said that (I can't find it in news:uk.gov.agency.csa on
>my news-server), neither she nor anyone else actually knows how to achieve
>it. There isn't even agreement about what it means.

It was implied by her agreeing with my point about the CP not receiving
benefit from the CS award.

>A standard definition of "the amount to support the child" isn't about to
>appear just because it would be convenient for you to have one. There are
>lots of such definitions proposed by different pressure groups, agencies,
>countries, ... And even given a definition, establishing what the amount
>should then be is just as hard.

>(Some people in the UK say it should be based on social security benefit
>rates. These are freely published, so surely it is easy to identify them.
>But there isn't an agreement about this or that component is or isn't for
>the child. For example, if you used just the ones that are unambiguously for
>the child, you couldn't find anyone who could adequately support a child on
>just those amounts!)

My suggestion was twofold:

1. For couples having a familial relationship, instead of social workers
or government beaurocrats fixing the amount, have a CPA (or their UK
equivalent) determine from actual figures what the couple was spending wrt
the children. Then split this proportionally between the parents based on
percentage of income.

This may not be perfect, but it would use the actual amounts that the
couple was spending and each case would be treated individually.

2. For couples with no familial relationship, the amount should be based
on a fixed amount based on what a family of the same size living at or
near (on the above side) the poverty level would spend *or* (and its a
really big or here) based on a percentage of income derived from the
*lower* of the two parents' incomes. Once these two amounts were compared
(flat rate or percentage of income), the CS award would be the *higher* of
the two amounts divided equally between the parents.

Again, not perfect, but does not give any *direct* benefit to the CP at
the expense of the NCP.

>And the idea of a carer receiving no benefit is nonsense. A child needs
>care. Paying for care is part of "the amount to support the child". Part of
>the cost all services goes to support the deliverer of the service. If the
>person delivering that caring service happens to be the mother, then the
>amount is BOTH for the needs of the child & the needs during that time of
>the mother. Money CAN BE, and in these circumstances IS, for 2 purposes
>simultaneously.

>Since it is common for governments to say they want the child to benefit
>from the wealth of both parents (which is a different definition) there is
>likely to be a spin off onto the PWC's standard of living, because part of
>the benefit of wealth is a better environment.

In the case of a divorced or otherwise separated couple, this is true. The
child should be supported at the level and lifestyle that they had before
the separation. However, with couples that did not have a familial
relationship, one person should not be able to have *direct* benefit
because the other happens to have wealth.

We all know that indirect benefits will come with any CS award but what
gets some people upset is an award amount that has the CP now driving a
Mercedes when they were driving a Chevette before.

B. Baker

..We've taken care of everything,
   the words you read--the songs you sing,
   the pictures that give pleasure to your eye ...

   Look around this world we've made,
   equality our stock and trade,
   You never have to wonder how or why ...

                                         2112


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