Financial Incentives Drive Mississippi Child Support Enforcement

Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2011-08-06 15:57

Article here. Excerpt:

'Child support collections in Mississippi have increased by 61 percent over the past 8 years due to increasingly aggressive enforcement tactics and an incentive program that rewards coming after men.

Oh, and if you can’t pay because you’re unemployed, then "get a job."

The Clarion-Ledger reports Mississippi’s Division of Child Support Enforcement collected $314 million in fiscal 2011 compared to $195 million in fiscal 2003.

The difference of $119 million over a span of just 8 years is largely contributed to increased enforcement and financial incentives.

Though it received praise for its cost efficiency in 2002, the paper reports, the state’s Division of Child Support Enforcement lost an estimated $1.14 million through penalties and reduced incentive awards by failing to meet minimum federal standards in other areas: establishing support orders and determining paternity.'

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I thought slavery in Mississippi was outlawed years ago?

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Submitted by Luek on Sat, 2011-08-06 21:01

You do not, under any circumstances, pay firemen by the number of fires they put out.

It's a conflict of interest and a moral hazard.

Such a hypothetical fire department would profit by fires, as many as possible, and have no interest in prevention.

Same situation here. These people's jobs depend on encouraging human misery. Preventing it is not their department.

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Submitted by chuck on Sun, 2011-08-07 02:40