Indiana

Happy Early Baby?s Daddy Day

By Abdul Hakim-Shabazz

Since Indiana lawmakers aren’t accomplishing anything and still costing you money, I thought I’d give you another story to express your shock and outrage.  Enjoy!!!

From The Huffington Post

Desmond Hatchett, a 29 year old who lives in Knoxville, Tennessee, has fathered 20 (maybe 21) children with at least 11 different mothers. The kids, who are between 11 months and 11 years old, require food, clothing, etc. which doesn’t come cheap. That’s a problem for their minimum-wage earning father.

“I had four kids in the same year. Twice.”Hatchett says.

He was called to court last week where he appeared on the docket eleven times to answer for 15 of his 21 children who haven’t received child support recently. The mothers of Hatchett’s children are supposed to get anywhere from $25 to $309 a month, but the government is only allowed to take up to 50% of his pay check, and when that’s split so many times some women only get a $1.98 a month.

Here’s a thought.  Instead of paying people to have children, how about we pay them not to have children?  If they come get a vasectomy or tubal ligation, we give them $1,000.  If they want the procedure reversed they would have to pay for it themselves.  This would save taxpayers money, and more importantly, reduce the number of children who are born to idiots!

Hey, we gotta break the cycle some way, right?

Full post as published by Indiana Barrister on June 12, 2009 (boomark / email).