Funny? Or Unwarranted Entrapment?

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by TJJJ

CC, i love those bait car vids, they are great! There are some real losers that get busted, very few that did not need removing off the streets!

I love watching the Vice squad do their hotel room stings. You can't help but to feel a tiny bit sorry for a few of those guys when their arrests get announced in the papers. But probably better to be caught when they are rather then deal with all the fallout of seeing a real prostitute.

[TJJJ]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

I love watching the Vice squad do their hotel room stings. You can't help but to feel a tiny bit sorry for a few of those guys when their arrests get announced in the papers.

I worked corrections just long enough to be able to really laugh about these things, sorry to some but I feel absolutely no pity for those busted in these situations. Forget about entrapment, if you don't bite you wont get stung!

[ForeverBlessed]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

He who laughs last..... lol

I only have a few years to go myself. It is a bit irksome knowing I pay a but load of taxes, write my check to nice child support people, she gets it, pays NO income taxes (because of the earned income child deduction tax "credit"), and gets her nice multigrand welfare, errrr, "tax refund" check every year.

you know...some people actually need that tax refund check, it has paid for a lot of necessary things.

I raised three kids on a lower income without any child support (exception of about 6 months once). I thankfully did get earned income credit and my girls do qualify for FASA that is paying for college right now....and thanks to all who paid federal taxes when I couldn't afford to, and made this happen. They will soon be paying a boat load of taxes, as they will make a lot more than I do.

[ForeverBlessed]

Originally Posted by jaxfam6

the thing I don't get is if they put them in jail how are they going to PAY the back child support??? yeah Hoovie, mixed feelings here about it too.

I don't know about short jail time, but if someone is doing time in prison, you no longer owe child support.. it stops.

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by ForeverBlessed

you know...some people actually need that tax refund check, it has paid for a lot of necessary things.

I raised three kids on a lower income without any child support (exception of about 6 months once). I thankfully did get earned income credit and my girls do qualify for FASA that is paying for college right now....and thanks to all who paid federal taxes when I couldn't afford to, and made this happen. They will soon be paying a boat load of taxes, as they will make a lot more than I do.

Oh yes, my wife and I also paid for every single cent of college. Our parents didn't help. OK, there were a few hundred in grants we both earned which took a TINY bit out of the first semester of the first year, but the rest was all loans. I am also not paying one cent toward my sons college either.... Unless you pay for yourself you will not give 100%.

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by RandyWayne

Oh yes, my wife and I also paid for every single cent of college. Our parents didn't help. OK, there were a few hundred in grants we both earned which took a TINY bit out of the first semester of the first year, but the rest was all loans. I am also not paying one cent toward my sons college either.... Unless you pay for yourself you will not give 100%.

I think it depends on the child and how well the parents communicate their expectations.

We plan to pay for an Associates Degree or two years of college...

[RandyWayne]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

I think it depends on the child and how well the parents communicate their expectations.

We plan to pay for an Associates Degree or two years of college...

To clarify, I do plan on helping him in other ways such as a new laptop or even pay for his books (and maybe even a little spending money), but his tuition will be all on him.

[ForeverBlessed]

Originally Posted by Hoovie

I think it depends on the child and how well the parents communicate their expectations.

We plan to pay for an Associates Degree or two years of college...

I agree. When you are raised without any frills or extras in this life, you think differently about money...and appreciate it. My daughter almost cried when we went over her school bill and realized it was paid. She is determined to make something of her life. I have agreed to support her financially if she does her part.

I told my girls straight up, I can't afford to send you to college...you will need to get scholarships or apply for grants. The school let me know about 21st Century Scholars when the two youngest were in the 8th grade.

My oldest is just now deciding to go back to school in Jan...after realizing you really need an education, she is only making $12 an hour @ her job. I hope she makes it ok, she isn't the most disciplined and doesn't live with me.