Wendy McElroy: 'Permanent alimony is slavery'

Submitted by anthony on Tue, 2009-09-29 23:53

Article here. Excerpt:

'Again...this is one of many emails I receive from men who are financially unable to meet alimony/child support payments, from second wives whose husbands are in jail for non-payment of ruinously high judgments, from family members pleading for any relief from a patently unjust family court system... There is little I can do to help these victims of "the system." But I can reprint and publicize their voices.

The following email is particularly interesting because, as the author explains, it includes a "list with many reasons why the law needs to be changed and a copy of my personal story." Although I have verified the list, it looks to be a compelling argument in-and-of-itself against Florida's alimony laws. Moreover, the man's story should be widely circulated as a cautionary tale on how the family court system is financially destroying men and women who marry unwisely and, then, are forced to pay for that mistake for the rest of their lives. Their circumstances are a de facto form of slavery.'

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people with less mental strength would have killed their spouse already.

at the least, i would have gone to settle things directly with the wife if i was in his shoes. consequences be damned. i would end up in jail no matter what i did so who cares.

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Submitted by dudejo on Wed, 2009-09-30 11:35

manonthestreet

I might suggest that one of the things preventing a man from settling things directly is his pleasure that as least he does not have to live with the bitch now. That's probably quite a relief.

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Submitted by trotter on Wed, 2009-09-30 16:47