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Garfinkel, Irwin; Uhr, Elizabeth – Public Interest, 1984
Proposes a social child-support program based on taxes on earnings (deductions from wages) of absent parent rather than voluntary or court-determined payments enforced by law. Summarizes principal benefits of such a system and notes that proposed system is being tried out in several Wisconsin counties now. (CJM)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Economically Disadvantaged, Family (Sociological Unit), Federal Legislation