The extent to which the wealthy can get legislation written to suit their purposes is scary. Fortunately, they can't yet get legislation passed as easily.
In the case at hand, a wealthy divorced Wisconsin businessman felt the $15,000 per month he was paying as child support out of his $1.2 million annual income (and $30 million in assets) was too much, so he got hisbought friendly Wisconsin state legislator to introduce a bill, which among other things, would limit the income that can be considered for child support to $150,000 per year; that would revisit all child support settlements that are 10% above the new requirement; and would prohibit judges from "from taking into account a parent’s assets in determining the level of child support".
(via dailykos)
In the case at hand, a wealthy divorced Wisconsin businessman felt the $15,000 per month he was paying as child support out of his $1.2 million annual income (and $30 million in assets) was too much, so he got his
(via dailykos)
