Deadbeat parents can be rich, too

To the editor:

A recent article about pilot programs in various Colorado locations to keep deadbeats, men as well as women, from going to jail because they legitimately don’t have the resources to pay child support is long overdue.

An article about an ex spouse with financial means who refuses to offer equitable child support should be reported also. Our court system allows unethical divorce attorneys to rob children. These attorneys typically make more in fees than a child will receive up to age 18. A loophole exists where a rich spouse can get away without paying a rightful amount of support by claiming he/she is an employee making poverty level wages. In reality, they actually own this lucrative business and have other hidden assets only a seasoned slimy attorney can protect.

For the deadbeats who go to jail for a long length of time, there is no way to pay child support. The mothers with an old man in the big house are more times likely to be on permanent government assistance. She is, however, better off than the women with the wealthy ex who have to work two to three jobs just to get by. Even the working poor resent the people on the dole who get to spend more time with their children.

As someone who paid her dues and wished to have had more quality time with her children, who spent way too much time in daycare when they were younger, that is one of many of life’s lessons. I just get up and dust myself off as needed. And although I grieve daily, I feel blessed to have one child alive.

There are thoughtful remedies to all of the above as long as there are enough of us who are truly concerned to make it happen. The article “Program helps with child support” is a good start.

– Sally Florence, Durango

Deception by omission

To the editor,

The third edition of Robert Shiller’s book Irrational Exuberance (IE3) ijust came out. http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10421.html

The earlier IE1 (2000) and IE2 (2005) were famously price-plunge-timely; see the first chart here. www.showrealhist.com/RD_RJShomes_PSav.html.

The “establishment” still tries very hard to deceive by omission.

– Ed Hamilton, Durango

‘Bury Me’

Bury me! That is what I want.

Bury me with no barrier between my body and the earth and worms.

Bury me with no barrier between the roots and the green that has sprung.

Bury me very deep, until I am absolutely forgotten.

Bury me until everything is new.

– Bob Page, Durango