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Originally Posted by got2bkid
Let's be honest, it is mostly men that pay, and most men pay-up and shut-up. The feminists who engineered the Guidelines relied on men's more passive nature to get away with this for so many years.
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More passive nature?
Who are the "feminists" who "engineered the Guidelines"? Are they from any particular group or party... or did you just fabricate this statement?
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Originally Posted by got2bkid
If women lost their kids 85% of the time after divorce to the fathers, and then were told to hand over 50% of their pay for the next 18 years (and keep paying dad, if they kids are in college) women would be marching in the streets every day about this. It would change before you could blink.
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The Child Support Guidelines are gender neutral... the Custodial Parent gets the guideline amount.....male or female.
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Originally Posted by got2bkid
But, unfortunately, men are taught not to "complain" (and ridiculed by women if they do), and women are taught "entitlement". Our society is creating fatherless children and "entitled" single moms, and it doesn't bode well for the future of our children.
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Men complain just as much as women do...and to claim that they don't is just silly. If men were as agreeable and passive as you say, there would be no need for Divorce.
Custodial parents are "entitled" to receive financial assistance from non-custodial parents, commensurate with their income, to assist in supporting their children.
This seems like a no-brainer....I don't understand why that is such a controversial issue.
G2BK...You keep saying over and over and over again, that these poor men lose
"50%" of their paychecks, due to the child support guidelines...
I am no mathmatician, but I don't see where you get the 50% figure.
For my calculations, I am using median income levels in Ontario in 2006 and CCTB/GST rates in 2008......
According to statistics Canada, in 2006 (the year of the latest 'Guideline' adjustment)....In Ontario:
- 58.9% of the polulation (aged 15 and older) were living married, or common-law;
- 31.2% of households had children;
- Median Household Income was $60,455;
- Median income for males working all year, full time was $50,057;
- Median income for females working all year, full time was $38,914.
source:
2006 Census: Census Trends - Selected trend data for Ontario, 2006, 2001 and 1996 censuses
Male: Single/NCP
$50,057(Gross Income)
Less 25% in taxes(Income, E.I, C.P.P)
=$12514.25
= $37,542.75 Net Income
- $463 per month in Child Support ($5556/year)
which is equal to 14.79% of NET Income!
Or 11.09% of gross...which is a far cry from 50%.
Total of: $2665.56 NET INCOME each month
Female: Single/CP
$38,914(Gross Income)
Less 25% in taxes(Income, E.I, C.P.P)
=$9728.50
= $29,185.50 Net Income
A "divorced" mother/custodial parent of 1 child, making the Median Gross Income of $38,914.00 per year, would receive:
$209.56 in monthly CCTB;
$100.00 in monthly Universal Child Care Benefit;
$152.75 in quarterly GST rebates;
$463.00 per month in child support.
source:
Child and Family Benefits Online Calculator
Total of: $3255.61 NET INCOME each month.
= Difference of $590.05 per month for the Custodial Parent.
"Standard" access for non-custodial parents are EOW, plus one evening visit on alternate weeks... is equal to approximately 6 days per month. The remaining 24 days per month, the custodial parent provides shelter, food, clothing, etc.
It is reasonable to believe that the custodial parent would have much higher cost of living expenses. 