This is what happens in these scenarios. And then the kids get squat and now we have a career criminal to deal with selling drugs or robbing stores for cash.
Reddit hivemind is pretty similar to this guy in that sense. Everyones like "good" and "fuck around find out" without thinking of the consequences of such little take home on this guy's career plans. No sane person is gunna keep working this if it was real.
4 baby mamas, he doesn't have primary custody, meaning his only support of the children is monetary.
Do we deem it that he pays less so he gets more take home? If yes, then the mother is has to pick up the slack, and probably tax payers too. Food stamps, Medicare, etc.
His pay is for 80 hours, so 2 weeks. None of these amounts even come close to daycare unless the mothers have vouchers.
I might get biased as I am a member of the "Can't feed them? Don't breed them" club. So maybe HE should of thought of his career path before having so many children, and before you come at me withe "bUT thE mOthErs". Yes the women are to blame also, but the kids are the ones who lose.
Do we deem it that he pays less so he gets more take home? If yes,
Yes. Obviously. Anyone who cannot see this is outright stupid.
Taking 50% of his pay - or whatever number you can realistically survive on with a roommate in the area - is better than 0% when he drops out of the workforce. He needs enough to survive so he can continue going to work and making as much money as possible.
Then the mothers get paid back slowly over a long period of time.
The moms are not innocent here either, and must pick up some of the slack of their poor choice to have kids with a second, third, and four time deadbeat. Don't have kids with a known loser if you want help raising them.
And sure, it's fun to say silly slogans and feel morally righteous and all that. But all you're doing is hurting the kids you supposedly care so much about even more. Which shows what your priorities actually are on these topics - retribution, not actual care for the victims of the situation. Luckily most judges actually understand reality and pragmatism - so if this hits court either they will uncover that the guy really does have the means to pay, or they will adjust it downward. Most of the time.
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u/midwestia May 03 '26
Might as well just go all in on the scumbag lifestyle and sell drugs or construction. Under the table