by Tony Fantetti

Created on: September 22, 2008

First and foremost, it's an incontrovertible and statistical fact that more non-custodial mothers default on their child support orders than do non-custodial fathers. Furthermore, the mythological "deadbeat dad" is just that, a myth. There exists no credible data or evidence to support the "deadbeat dad" ideology. Only a very gullible and ill-informed public, as well as an anti-father, biased media that portrays all fathers (married and single) as incompetent dolts who not only lack meaningful parenting skills, but are also presumed to be incapable of raising their children without the assistance of a woman.

Most have bought the wholesale lie that the majority of fathers fail to meet their child support obligations, and this couldn't be further form the truth. Incarcerating indigent fathers for failing to pay child support is a violation of their constitutional rights. It's "debtors prison" and often times amounts to the state exacting revenge on behalf of a hateful and vindictive scorned ex-wife or ex-girlfriend; one whose sole motive is nothing more than to feed an insatiable desire to "make him pay" for what she perceives were his transgressions against her.

That scenario serves one, and only one purpose; to feed the insatiable contemptuous hatred that some women feel towards the men who've scorned them. Thats not only diabolical, it's maniacal as well. Incarcerating fathers who've fallen behind in child support payments is less about the children and more about the mother of those children "making him pay."

Please understand that I do not intend that as an indictment of all mothers. Nor do I say that as a reference to all mothers who rightfully receive reasonable amounts of child support. Rather, it's in reference to those mothers who are more common than society cares to admit; they are those who are euphemistically referred to as "child support moms." They are those whose sense of entitlement leads them to believe that in an age where more women than men are enrolling in colleges, and in an era where the stay-at- home-mom" is the exception rather than the rule, believe that in spite of a woman's level of education and earning capacity, she is entitled to up to 65% of the monthly gross income of her ex-husband or ex-boyfriend's salary.

This, despite that many of these same fathers have their children 50% of the time, and without regard for the fact he provides insurance for the children and pays up to 100% of their out-of-pocket medical expenses. Moreover,

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