'Dead-broke' Dad will sell a kidney to see his son

Ragtime writes "A man whose 'support' payments are set at higher than 100% of his income has tried to sell one of his kidneys on eBay. For two reasons, I just about couldn't believe my eyes when I came across this article. First, for the unbelievably sad story of a desperate father and a heartless mother and, second, for the fact that the story ran in a MAJOR main-stream paper, and was SYMPATHETIC to the father!

From the article: The 48-year-old car salesman is desperate for cash, $50,000, to be exact. It's the sum he owes his ex-wife in spousal support, and he believes that paying up is the only way that, after almost five years, he'll finally be allowed to see his beloved son again.
...and...
"I feel he's being held ransom and it's horrible that she's put a price on his head."

Meanwhile, the court system, he says, acts as her willing accomplice.

After months of her harassment, he lost his well-paying job as a sales manager..."

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