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	Rex Ballard - Director of Electronic Distribution
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On 10 Feb 1996, Beatdead Dad wrote:
> >< >parents. They located my ex-wife in 9 days and I'd hired others who
> >couldnt do it after 11 months. They had a program that you payed them a
> >small retainer and they would collect a percentage of what was colleted
> >from the deadbeat parent.>>
> >
> >Gee....I thought money collected from a "deadbeat" parent was supposed to
> >go to the kids?  Silly me!

Some "Collection Agencies" get as much as 30%.  The state of Arkansas 
pioneered the who "bounty hunter thing".  They also decided they wanted a 
cut of the main action.  The pay the bounty hunter a percentage of the 
back-support.  Then they start collecting from the arrears.  Of course 
they only forward a small fraction of the payment to the CP and kids, 
equal to what they would have paid with AFDC and Food-Stamps.  
Eventually, the debt is paid off and the excess is put into "escrow" ;-) 
just-in-case dad should skip town again.

> I CALL THEM PARASITES, LIKE THE OLD BOUNTY HUNTERS OF THE OLD WEST WHO ONLY 
> CARED ONLY ABOUT THE MONEY AND NOT ABOUT WHETHER THE PERSON BEING HUNTED WAS 
> WRONGLY ACCUSED, CONVICTED OR BEHIND IN THEIR SUPPORT FOR REASONS BEYOND 
> THEIR CONTROL.

The great thing about bounty hunters is that they are not bound by the 
constitution the same way police officers are.  They can use hookers, 
torture, and deadly force to bring their man in.  Widows can collect the 
life-insurance.

And who came up with all these nifty ideas in the first place?  None 
other than Governer Bill Clinton.  It got him reelected when they said he 
didn't have a chance.  It's a similar tactic here.

	Rex


From rballard@cnj.digex.net Tue Feb 20 23:49:27 1996
Newsgroups: alt.child-support