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The Jackson Citizen Patriot, April 19, 2008 published a story called "Hunt for deadbeats is on in Jackson" but it raised some interesting points. First off, I added commentary to the online edition:

The Counties have a good thing going with wasting local, state, and federal taxpayer monies on these programs.

In 2006, the 1.399 BILLION that was collected in child support only around 36 MILLION of that went to actual means tested needy families. Did I forget to mention that around 56 MILLION was undistributed and got to be escheated back into the budget?

It is important to note that 88% of the collections for this program are people that are not means tested and only around 3% of the total collections brought in are for individual families on TANF, meaning signed up and qualified for welfare. The program is bloated and focuses on collection from middle and upper class families who should not be in the program at all. It is taxpayer waste.

For every dollar spent on creating broken homes under the guise of the best interest of children, two more federal dollars come into the state. It is like a giant slot machine that ALWAYS pays out for the state. This is done without actual accounting of the program funds, the actual expenditures by the families, and otherwise just designed to fund a growing bureaucracy based upon a largely emotional argument with adverse results to the public good.

Let's start with taking people out of the program and only providing services to means tested needy families. Let's start by mandating equal custody when there are two fit, willing, and caring parents that just don't want to be together anymore. Just by doing these things, our courts will be freed up to focus on important matters that need their attention, like actual abuse cases, neglect cases, and criminal cases.

Taxpayers should be smarter than this. Be Bold, Be Concerned, Be a Citizen.

But here is where the proof is in the pudding:

More than half the money involved in 2007 that was "owed" to parents was forgiven by them, again demonstrating that many individuals involved in the program don't want to be, or otherwise shouldn't be in the program at taxpayer expense.

Last year, they arrested 244 people and resolved about $259,952 of child-support debt. About $120,000 of that was paid to custodial parents. Mothers or fathers forgave the remaining $139,815.

This year about 2/3 of the money that was owed was also forgiven this year as a result of the local county crackdown.

Since January, Finco and deputies have arrested at least 80 people on random weekend nights, times when parents don't expect they'll be caught. In doing so, they collected $38,731 for parents and their children and resolved another $77,786 when custodial parents forgave debt owed by arrested parents.

Adding more ammunition to the arsenal of reasons that eligibility requirements should be added to the child support enforcement program instead of allowing the State and Counties to artificially increase the participation levels with "all" divorces, child custody, and paternity cases at taxpayer expense.

The Nationwide Blueprint for Title IV-D Reform

• Social Security, Welfare, and Child Support Enforcement
• Necessary Program Changes: Protecting Taxpayers, Parents, and Children
• Supporting Budget Cuts

Several Michigan Representatives have demonstrated that they indeed support the importance of parenthood and have declared it in writing before the legislature.

An Amendment to amend Article I of Michigan's Constitution (1963) and that "PARENTS AND LEGAL GUARDIANS HAVE A NATURAL AND FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT TO DIRECT THE CARE, EDUCATION, AND UPBRINGING OF THEIR CHILDREN. NO GOVERNMENT ACTION SHALL BURDEN, ABRIDGE, OR HINDER THIS NATURAL, FUNDAMENTAL RIGHT UNLESS IT IS IN FURTHERANCE OF A COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST AND IS THE LEAST RESTRICTIVE MEANS OF FURTHERING THAT COMPELLING GOVERNMENTAL INTEREST."

Any Dishonorable ANTI-Family Representatives that are against this bill should not be reelected and the following Honorable Reps including John Stahl should be honored publicly for being supportive of the most basic building block of society:

Fulton Sheen, Glenn Steil, Tim Moore, Edward Gaffney, Joe Hune, Joel Sheltrown, Rick Jones, Kevin Elsenheimer, Jacob Hoogendyk, John Stakoe, Tom Pearce, John Garfield, Jack Brandenburg, Philip LaJoy, David Law, Marty Knollenberg, Tom Casperson, Arlan Meekhof, Kim Meltzer, Neal Nitz, David Agema, Daniel Acciavatti, Brian Palmer, James Marleau, Tory Rocca, Frank Accavitti, Darwin Booher, Paul Opsommer, Bill Caul, Coleman Young, Barbara Farrah, Kevin Green, Dave Hildenbrand, Chris Ward, Craig DeRoche, Jeff Mayes, Robert Dean, Brian Calley, John Moolenaar, Dudley Spade, Tonya Schuitmaker, Bruce Caswell, David Robertson, Phillip Pavlov, Richard LeBlanc, Kathleen Law, Goeff Hansen, Bill Huizenga, Fran Amos, Judy Emmons, David Palsrok, Howard Walker, John Espinoza, Lee Gonzales, Lorence Wenke, Gino Polidori, Bettie Scott, Terry Brown, Gabe Leland, Gary McDowell, Lisa Wojno, Ted Hammon, Rick Shaffer, Hoon-Yung Hopgood, Michael Lahti, Andy Coulouris, Shanelle Jackson, John Pastor, Mike Nofs, Kenneth Horn, John Proos, Kathy Angerer, Bert Johnson, LaMar Lemmons, Richard Ball, George Cushingberry, Bob Constan, Ed Clemente, Chuck Moss

Judicial Watch: Judge Martha Anderson and Judicial Candidate David Carl Anderson Accused of Elder Abuse by own Mother and Sister.

UPDATE! Listen to Get Off The Bench

Oakland County Judicial Candidate David C. Anderson and Judge Martha Anderson have been accused by their own mother and sister of elder abuse.

By Lary Holland

Family Court Reports: http://www.laryholland.com/serendipity

GetYourJusticeLive.Com ((Wednesday Night Host))

(1/29/2008)

Oakland County, MI. Elder abuse is a term referring to any knowing, intentional, or negligent act by a caregiver or any other person that causes harm or a serious risk of harm to a vulnerable adult. On January 28, 2008 an interview was conducted by Lary Holland with Diane Anderson on the subject of elder abuse. The interview of Diane Anderson implicates and alleges that both the Oakland County Judicial Candidate David Carl Anderson and, his wife, sitting Oakland County Family Court Judge Martha Anderson are involved in a case of Elder Abuse against Jewell Ann Anderson, Mr. Anderson’s own mother. Diane Anderson is the sister of David Anderson and Daughter of Jewell Anderson.

According to the National Center on Elder Abuse the specificity of laws varies from state to state, but broadly defined, abuse may be:

• Physical Abuse - Inflicting, or threatening to inflict, physical pain or injury on a vulnerable elder, or depriving them of a basic need.


• Emotional Abuse - Inflicting mental pain, anguish, or distress on an elder person through verbal or nonverbal acts.


• Sexual Abuse - Non-consensual sexual contact of any kind.


• Exploitation - Illegal taking, misuse, or concealment of funds, property, or assets of a vulnerable elder.


• Neglect - Refusal or failure by those responsible to provide food, shelter, health care or protection for a vulnerable elder.


• Abandonment - The desertion of a vulnerable elder by anyone who has assumed the responsibility for care or custody of that person.

The complete interview that implicates and alleges the misconduct of David and Martha Anderson is available for listening at http://www.getyourjusticelive.com under the title Special Edition: Elder Abuse, Episode 53 or a copy of the interview file may be downloaded to your IPOD at .