Britain Proposes Electronic Tags for Delinquent Parents
Big Brother is watching you - but only if you’re not paying child support. A new proposal put forward to reform the country’s crappy Child Support Agency would slap electronic monitoring devices on parents who are in arrears on the money they owe their kids. Supporters of the legislation say that tagging would be more effective than prison, since it would allow the parents to work toward paying off their debt. What’s not clear is what the newly-remodeled CSA would actually monitor - and whether they’d have the staff to respond to infractions. When we last left the CSA, they had a backlog of 170,000 cases - and that number was going UP monthly. We’re all for cracking down on delinquent parents who don’t pay, but shouldn’t this sinking ship patch the holes in its hull before installing a gold-plated steering wheel?
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3 opinions for Britain Proposes Electronic Tags for Delinquent Parents
sandra
Dec 27, 2005 at 9:14 am
For some reason, I’m getting a visual of the electronic monitoring devices zapping people who haven’t paid periodically. Like a dog collar…but for deadbeat parents…
thordora
Dec 27, 2005 at 12:49 pm
Funny how MONEY wins over say, STARVATION. Tag those assholes.
Eddie
Dec 29, 2005 at 8:06 pm
Wow, just when I thought the UK couldn’t be more fucked up than the US. We refuse to be beaten in our ineptness and will certainly counter with death penalty laws for fathers who fall behind on child support.