Posted by
SmartFella? on Wednesday, August 12, 2009 5:45:26 PM
For months now in the state of Georgia we have been subjected to an ongoing news story that went as follows…
Ø In 1989 a “deadbeat dad” was ordered to reimburse the state for public assistance for a son he had been told was his.
Ø In 2000 DNA tests proved he was not the father.
Ø In June of 2008 a judge sentenced said “deadbeat dad” to jail because he was ruled to be in arrears for $10,263 in child-support obligations, even though the judge was well aware that he was not the father of the child.
Ø He stayed in jail till July 2009 (that’s thirteen months) when the judge who originally sentenced him to jail ruled he was, “no longer responsible for paying an amount of child support”.
Ø The state’s Department of Human Services has said it will propose legislation next year to make sure what happened in this case will not happen again.
This is really interesting to the Smartfella? … We need legislation to prevent fathers who have been proven not to be fathers from having to pay for the support of children that they did not father.
Since our judicial system appears to be determined to pass a law for every possible possibility, are now going to see laws passed like the following? …
Ø Persons who have not robbed banks will no longer be required to reimburse banks that they did not rob.
Ø Persons who have not watered their lawns in excess of country watering restrictions will no longer have to pay fines for watering their lawns in excess of country watering restrictions.
Ø Persons who have not come in repeatedly late for work can no longer be fired for coming in repeatedly late for work.
In a recent interview one of our Federal Judges was quoted as saying, “I had always wanted to be a king, but I decided I really wanted to have unlimited power, so I decided to become a Federal Judge in the United States Judicial System.”
OK, I admit I made up the above quote about the judge/king … Or did I?
Would I kid u?