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exactly. it seems dumb to be taking away the means of repaying the debt from the person as a form of punishment for the debt.

• Spivak 3y ago
  And it seems dumb because that isn't how it works. I swear there should be a SomePerson's Law that says, "If a currently functioning system can't possibly work that way, then it probably doesn't." Like over the years and years this system has been in place and the many people involved in it y'all really believe no one has thought of this before? You don't just get your license suspended if you stop paying, you get a suspension when you... 1. Stop paying child support. 2. Get a notice of from the government telling you to get in contact with them to set up a hearing to address the non-payment and ignore it. 2b. Set up the hearing, fail to have good reason for non-payment and refuse to negotiate a payment schedule and... 3b. Don't appeal the decision or fail to make your case at the appeal. While with any system involving humans you can get a series of fuck-you-in-particular's there's quite a few checks. It is explicitly the charge of the DCS to keep this very catch-22 from happening by having lots of different enforcement mechanisms and taking the person's finances into account. If you don't have a job and are making a "good faith effort" to get one they won't suspend your license.