Fathers or Piggy Banks?

I can understand why Thomas Ball doused himself with gasoline and set himself
on fire. There was no escape. Nobody cared. This was the ultimate call for
attention, a scream into the universe for all the world to hear about the plight
of fathers. A father of three, Ball correctly noted that “we are no longer
fathers, just piggy banks.”

Ball was faced yet again with jail for a child support amount he could not
pay. He wrote in his last statement, “I could have made a phone call or two and
borrowed the money. But I am done being bullied for being a man.”

When one engages in criminal enterprises, one expects jail to possibly be a
part of their life. But nobody expects that a hard working stiff or a man who
has served 21 years in the armed forces would be treated like a criminal and
jailed for being poor and a father.

Find a poor mother and she is the elevated “single mother,” and society
scrambles to give her Section 8 housing, free attorneys, and welfare benefits.
Non-profits for her benefit abound.

Find a poor father and he is a “deadbeat dad.” The Supreme Court said in a
recent case, “Seventy percent of child support arrears nationwide are owed by
parents with either no reported income or income of $10,000 per year or
less.”

MORE:

http://www.sentinelsource.com/opinion/columnists/guest/fathers-rights-are-swept-under-the-rug-by-rinaldo-del/article_44d1c959-dbba-51af-9306-eb5f530bf328.html

Another victim of a biased and criminal system....a system who cares more about money that it does about "The best interest of the children"....or the non-custodial parent and their extended family!

....a system that is not humane.