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#102 Jan 21 2014 at 9:14 AM Rating: Good
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#103 Jan 21 2014 at 4:55 PM Rating: Default
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No. That's not what child support is, *at all*. Child support results from a tort against the child. It derives from common law, which is why you occasionally have weird anachronisms (forcing married men to pay support for children that result from wife's cheating, etc). What child support *is not* is some sort of child welfare provision. It's the paying of damages, plain and simple. The statutory complexity arises from the fact that the court is essentially forced to act in loco parentis because of the obvious conflict on the part of the actual guardian of the child. Again, let me emphasize that the *child is receiving compensation for damages* the child *is not* receiving some sort of general welfare payment. Codified guidelines as to income percentages and the like are all ad hoc and state by state. Society seems to have decided that juries deciding damages in these cases is inappropriate so they're rendered via statue or the bench. That in no way makes them distinct from a normal tort where you run over my foot and I sue you. Enforcement is statutorily singled out occasionally as well because we've decided as a society that children are a unique class and require unique laws. Again, this is arbitrary. We could decide on statutory special enforcement of any damage payment. Malpractice, for example, could have special "deadbeat doc" laws, but this isn't something we've decided to value that way as a society.


Whether or not what you said is valid is irrelevant to my point that child support should not be that way. You may disagree with my proposition, but defining the current system anyway other than addressing my proposal doesn't counter my argument. In any case, the damage is the lack of a parental figure, not money. You can't fix that with money. Furthermore, the fallacy still stands under your theory, that the "damages" are more when I make more money. How are the damages more for a person who makes 200k a year as opposed to a person who makes 50k a year without an assumption?

I know each state varies on their laws, but from my understanding, even if the man were to move to another state and get a better paying job, then the child support would increase along with his pay. That completely contradicts your claim of paying what the child would have been getting because he more than likely wouldn't have moved if he didn't get a divorce in the first place. It's very possible that his life was enhanced after the divorce.

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Alimony and child support don't belong in that list. They're not welfare but more akin to a civil tort or someone having to pay damages to another party for wronging them. Not exactly that, of course, but much closer to it than they are to government funded welfare-style programs.


I never said that they were welfare. That's something that you all created. Again, my example is a basket of fruit where I mention apples and oranges. You all keep saying "apples are not oranges", when my point is about fruit. In this case, the "fruit", is the government ensuring the most basic needs. Whether or not that is through local laws (apples) or welfare (oranges) is irrelevant.
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There may (or may not) be the lack of a parental figure. Lots of divorced couples work out custody arrangements that allow them both to be parents to their kids. Is it ideal? I dunno; is anything?

There is almost certainly going to be a fall-off in terms of income, though, when parents split. Two households cost more to run. That's going to affect everyone's bottom line, including the kid who may not be able to afford college since his parents divorced.
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There may (or may not) be the lack of a parental figure. Lots of divorced couples work out custody arrangements that allow them both to be parents to their kids. Is it ideal? I dunno; is anything?

There is almost certainly going to be a fall-off in terms of income, though, when parents split. Two households cost more to run. That's going to affect everyone's bottom line, including the kid who may not be able to afford college since his parents divorced.


I didn't mean that there weren't any parental figure at all, but the damage is now Jimmy is separated from one of them at least most of the time and is seen as the mediator of the once "happy" family. That's the real damage.
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I never said that they were welfare. That's something that you all created. Again, my example is a basket of fruit where I mention apples and oranges. You all keep saying "apples are not oranges", when my point is about fruit. In this case, the "fruit", is the government ensuring the most basic needs.

Right. In that case, alimony and child support are screwdrivers. They're not about government ensuring most basic needs.
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I never said that they were welfare. That's something that you all created. Again, my example is a basket of fruit where I mention apples and oranges. You all keep saying "apples are not oranges", when my point is about fruit. In this case, the "fruit", is the government ensuring the most basic needs.

Right. In that case, alimony and child support are screwdrivers. They're not about government ensuring most basic needs.

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Whether or not what you said is valid is irrelevant to my point that child support should not be that way. You may disagree with my proposition, but defining the current system anyway other than addressing my proposal doesn't counter my argument. In any case, the damage is the lack of a parental figure, not money. You can't fix that with money. Furthermore, the fallacy still stands under your theory, that the "damages" are more when I make more money. How are the damages more for a person who makes 200k a year as opposed to a person who makes 50k a year without an assumption?


Because the damages are that lack of income due to the absense of the person. What's the fucking confusing part? If I steal a Honda Civic or a Maybach, I've stolen "a car", but the Maybach owner has suffered more damages. If I hit Lebron James in the knee with a sledge hammer, the Heat suffer more damage than if I hit Rashard Lewis in the knee. Not complicated. Does the alternative of "daddy wanted you to know that it's time to sell your horse and toys and move with mom to the middle class apartment building. Why? Because daddy needs another car, princess. You know how it is" somehow more equitable? Why the fuck, if so? Lot's of things "shouldn't be that way" We shouldn't have to have laws against rape and murder, people just shouldn't, **** happens, though.
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Right. In that case, alimony and child support are screwdrivers. They're not about government ensuring most basic needs.


You haven't explained why they are somehow excluded from the overall concept of protecting the people, or in this case, providing the most basic needs to a child. The reason why you haven't is because you can't. The local and federal government create laws and programs to protect children. To argue against that is ludicrous. Whether or not if it's a law or a program is irrelevant, the end state is the same.

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Because the damages are that lack of income due to the absense of the person. What's the ******* confusing part? If I steal a Honda Civic or a Maybach, I've stolen "a car", but the Maybach owner has suffered more damages. If I hit Lebron James in the knee with a sledge hammer, the Heat suffer more damage than if I hit Rashard Lewis in the knee. Not complicated. Does the alternative of "daddy wanted you to know that it's time to sell your horse and toys and move with mom to the middle class apartment building. Why? Because daddy needs another car, princess. You know how it is" somehow more equitable? Why the ****, if so? Lot's of things "shouldn't be that way" We shouldn't have to have laws against rape and murder, people just shouldn't, sh*t happens, though.


I'm asking the same question. You have yet addressed the fallacy. In your examples, the things damaged have an "objective" price tag. How do you calculate the price tag of the child? I'm arguing that the cost should be equivalent to the actual "damage" done, not the maximum potential amount of "damage".

To use your example. If you damaged my Honda Civic, then you should be charged for the damages to my Honda Civic. You shouldn't be charged damages to a Maybach just because I make enough money to own one. That's the fallacy that is made when you force a person who makes 200k a year to pay more than a person who makes 75k a year. You are assuming that the money spent on the former child is more than the latter child. That guy making 200k a year could be addicted to drinking and gambling and the inability to manage money is the cause for the divorce.

If the average cost of living of an 11 year old is $300, then that's the "damage" owed. If that price tag exceeds a certain percentage on where the parent is unable to survive, then adjustments should be made. Else, why should you have to pay your "Honda Civic" child "Maybach" money just because you can? That money can be better saved for the child later in life.

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You haven't explained why they are somehow excluded from the overall concept of protecting the people, or in this case, providing the most basic needs to a child.

Sure I did. Because it's a different area of the law and the point of child support isn't to "provide the most basic needs" but rather to address the damages caused to the guardian parent when they are left to raise the child without the second party. Not my fault if you can't get that. You can keep arguing about it if you want but the fact that child support cases are handled as they are sort of speaks for itself.
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You haven't explained why they are somehow excluded from the overall concept of protecting the people, or in this case, providing the most basic needs to a child.

Sure I did. Because it's a different area of the law and the point of child support isn't to "provide the most basic needs" but rather to address the damages caused to the guardian parent when they are left to raise the child without the second party. Not my fault if you can't get that. You can keep arguing about it if you want but the fact that child support cases are handled as they are sort of speaks for itself.


You haven't explained how the "damages" are not the "basic needs" and how the real damage isn't the separation itself.

To further prove my point..... let's assume that I moved in with you and your wife, a mutual friend. I don't work or pay bills, but am a graduate student. You and your wife decide to not only pay my tuition, but to fund all of my needs. Several months later, you two divorce and you move away. What damages have you done to me? What do you owe me? According to your logic, you "damaged" me and now you owe me money.

Of course that's absolutely absurd, those laws are created to ensure that men (for the most part) aren't impregnating a bunch of women without taking the responsibility of raising their child. Think about the men who currently don't pay child support, now imagine if it weren't the law. To pretend that child support is for anything else other than supporting the child (hence the name) is absurd. Else, you would owe me money in my example.
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You haven't explained how the "damages" are not the "basic needs"

That's asking me to prove a negative. Why don't you find me examples from some child support statutes defining it as limited to covering basic needs. For example, the Illinois law makes a clear reference to "the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved" as a factor in determining the payment amount. That obviously goes beyond "basic needs".

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Several months later, you two divorce and you move away. What damages have you done to me?

None. But then child support is paid the the guardian parent anyway and not the child. So the real question would be what damage has my ex-wife incurred. And in this case it would be none because neither of us has any legal responsibility towards you therefore neither of us can be damaged in that respect.

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Of course that's absolutely absurd

Correct. Your understanding of the law is absurd.
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I'm feeling quite damaged by this.
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The fallacy is "The amount of money that you would spend on a child monthly increases as you earn more money".


Um... Smash is correct though. It's not a fallacy. Parents normally spend more on their children based directly on how much they earn. The child of the father earning $200k/year who is the primary breadwinner will live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood, attend a nice school, and participate in a host of expensive activities (like horseback riding, some kind of sport, trips to Europe, etc). If the parents get divorced and the mother (who lets assume is the stereotypical stay at home mom who sacrificed her career to raise the kids and thus has little to no earning potential) is granted custody, and the courts only require the father to pay some minimal amount of money sufficient to provide them with a roof over their heads in the ghetto, that's going to massively negatively impact the child.

Child support should be based on earnings because it's supposed to replace the support the child would have if it was in the custody of that parent. It's not about the government providing anything, but the government simply requiring that the parent(s) provide that support.
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That's the point. I'm arguing that these "damages" aren't "you broke my windshield and you have to replace it" but "you have a legal obligation to financially support this child, being divorced doesn't remove that responsibility". If it were the former, then it wouldn't matter if I were a minor, related or not, you would still owe me money for "damages".

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That's asking me to prove a negative.

Asking to prove a negative doesn't automatically mean impossible or difficult. You are merely creating a cop-out from answering the question. Me asking you to prove that God doesn't exist isn't the same as asking you to prove that you are not a woman. Both are proving a negative, but one is much easier to do. In this case, proving that these damages aren't in reference to basic needs which can be done by proving that the damages are 100% something else.

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Why don't you find me examples from some child support statutes defining it as limited to covering basic needs. For example, the Illinois law makes a clear reference to "the standard of living the child would have enjoyed had the marriage not been dissolved" as a factor in determining the payment amount. That obviously goes beyond "basic needs".


1. I didn't say "limited" to basic needs or my example of unemployment benefits would be a complete contradiction. You can't live off the unemployment benefits. The concept in which you fail to grasp is that the government's role is to ensure that the most basic needs are met. The states are authorized to add more to the law, not take away. It's not illegal to prevent your children from having videogames, televisions, cars, cellphones or anything else that would make childhood enjoyable, but it is against the law to prevent your children from having an education, food, water and shelter. So obviously the laws support "basic needs". If it isn't against the law to not provide or even remove the former things from a child during a marriage, then why is it law to mandate keeping them after a divorce? You are only proving my point that it clearly goes beyond "basic needs" when current laws only mandate basic needs.

2. My overall complaint is that you can't accurately determine the standard of living of the child purely based off the income of the parents without making assumptions. Just because I make 200k a year, doesn't mean I have private tutors and horse riding lessons for my child. I may spend roughly the same amount of money on my child as my neighbor who only makes 120k a year, so why should I pay significantly more? We may live in the same valued house, drive the same type of car, etc.
If the standard of life of the child is $300 a month, then why am I obligated to pay more?

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None. But then child support is paid the the guardian parent anyway and not the child. So the real question would be what damage has my ex-wife incurred. And in this case it would be none because neither of us has any legal responsibility towards you therefore neither of us can be damaged in that respect.

Whether or not if the damages are paid to the guardian is irrelevant because the "damages" only exist because of the child. Under your logic, damages would still occur and you would owe your wife additional money because I was there. However, you are correct in contradicting your previously flawed logic and saying that you wouldn't owe anything because you don't have any LEGAL RESPONSIBILITY towards me. If this were a simple "damage" case, it wouldn't matter if you had legal responsibility over me. The legal responsibility is a huge factor in this because the point of child support is actually supporting the child. You have a legal responsibility to support the child and you leaving with no support would be damaging to the spouse and the child. It's really not that hard to grasp.
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The fallacy is "The amount of money that you would spend on a child monthly increases as you earn more money".


Um... Smash is correct though. It's not a fallacy. Parents normally spend more on their children based directly on how much they earn. The child of the father earning $200k/year who is the primary breadwinner will live in a nice house in a nice neighborhood, attend a nice school, and participate in a host of expensive activities (like horseback riding, some kind of sport, trips to Europe, etc). If the parents get divorced and the mother (who lets assume is the stereotypical stay at home mom who sacrificed her career to raise the kids and thus has little to no earning potential) is granted custody, and the courts only require the father to pay some minimal amount of money sufficient to provide them with a roof over their heads in the ghetto, that's going to massively negatively impact the child.

Child support should be based on earnings because it's supposed to replace the support the child would have if it was in the custody of that parent. It's not about the government providing anything, but the government simply requiring that the parent(s) provide that support.


Your first statement says that it's not a fallacy, then you follow it up with a bunch of assumptions. Way to prove my point. You don't know any of that stuff without actually examining each family, only assume. maybe you don't know what "fallacy" means?
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2. My overall complaint is that you can't accurately determine the standard of living of the child purely based off the income of the parents without making assumptions

That would be the purpose of the legal hearing.

Honestly, there isn't even any reason to keep going around in circles where you say "But your logic...!" because the current legal precedent already supports my logic. You have a flawed understanding of the purpose and legalities of child support, it's as simple as that.
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I'm asking the same question. You have yet addressed the fallacy. In your examples, the things damaged have an "objective" price tag. How do you calculate the price tag of the child? I'm arguing that the cost should be equivalent to the actual "damage" done, not the maximum potential amount of "damage".

To use your example. If you damaged my Honda Civic, then you should be charged for the damages to my Honda Civic. You shouldn't be charged damages to a Maybach just because I make enough money to own one. That's the fallacy that is made when you force a person who makes 200k a year to pay more than a person who makes 75k a year. You are assuming that the money spent on the former child is more than the latter child. That guy making 200k a year could be addicted to drinking and gambling and the inability to manage money is the cause for the divorce.

If the average cost of living of an 11 year old is $300, then that's the "damage" owed. If that price tag exceeds a certain percentage on where the parent is unable to survive, then adjustments should be made. Else, why should you have to pay your "Honda Civic" child "Maybach" money just because you can? That money can be better saved for the child later in life.


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The fallacy is "The amount of money that you would spend on a child monthly increases as you earn more money".


Um... Smash is correct though. It's not a fallacy.


Your first statement says that it's not a fallacy, then you follow it up with a bunch of assumptions. Way to prove my point. You don't know any of that stuff without actually examining each family, only assume. maybe you don't know what "fallacy" means?


First off, we'll ignore that you're incorrectly using the word "fallacy" to mean "false". For the record, a fallacy is a logical argument that does not follow the "rules" of actual logic. So saying that my dog is male, therefore all dogs are males, is a fallacy. But saying "more dogs are male than female" is not, nor can it ever be a "fallacy". It may be false, if it's actually untrue (like say if we count up all the dogs in the world and discover that there are not actually more males than females), but it's a statement of fact, not a logical progression. Therefore, it can't be a fallacy.

But, assuming you actually meant "false", we can move on from there and say that since this is just about a fact being true or not, then we can apply things like our own experiences and observations as a means of at least getting a starting point with regards to the truth of the matter. Now, while the fact that every single custodial parent I've ever known in my life has spent money on their children as a direct function of their own earnings does not prove that this is always true, it does strongly suggest that it's more common than the alternative. And the fact that every single person other than you who has commented in this thread about this has expressed a similar observation, it suggests that this phenomenon is not just something I'm making up.


We can, at the very least, say that this is strong evidence that people tend to spend more on their children if they make more money. Right? I mean, in addition it just plain making more sense for this to be true, that is. Do you actually think that most people *don't* spend more money on their children if they earn more?
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But saying "more dogs are male than female" is not, nor can it ever be a "fallacy"

I have 9 dogs, 7 are male, therefore more dogs are male than female.

You're not good at this "logic" thing.

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Do you actually think that most people *don't* spend more money on their children if they earn more?


I think I found out what the issue is. *Insert racist joke about father figures in the African American community*
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That would be the purpose of the legal hearing.

Honestly, there isn't even any reason to keep going around in circles where you say "But your logic...!" because the current legal precedent already supports my logic. You have a flawed understanding of the purpose and legalities of child support, it's as simple as that.
You saying that doesn't make it true. Given the fact that every state calculates child support differently not only contradicts your claim but supports the notion of ridiculing how certain states calculate child support. There is nothing wrong with Texans criticizing how Floridians calculate child support. Just because it's the law doesn't remove ridicule. Furthermore, you act as if there are no laws that are absurd or need changing. So, I guess we live in a world where laws are only added, because every law created is constitutional, sane and unbiased.Smiley: rolleyes You are literally arguing "because it's law, it makes sense". I guess you really don't support SSM in the states that don't support it...

This man was sentenced to 6 months in jail partially for OVERPAYING in child support. So, you can pretend that just because that's how it's currently done, then it somehow makes sense, but that's not actually true. Even under your flawed understanding, it wouldn't make sense to find someone in contempt for overpaying in child support.


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First off, we'll ignore that you're incorrectly using the word "fallacy" to mean "false". For the record, a fallacy is a logical argument that does not follow the "rules" of actual logic. So saying that my dog is male, therefore all dogs are males, is a fallacy. But saying "more dogs are male than female" is not, nor can it ever be a "fallacy". It may be false, if it's actually untrue (like say if we count up all the dogs in the world and discover that there are not actually more males than females), but it's a statement of fact, not a logical progression. Therefore, it can't be a fallacy.

But, assuming you actually meant "false", we can move on from there and say that since this is just about a fact being true or not, then we can apply things like our own experiences and observations as a means of at least getting a starting point with regards to the truth of the matter. Now, while the fact that every single custodial parent I've ever known in my life has spent money on their children as a direct function of their own earnings does not prove that this is always true, it does strongly suggest that it's more common than the alternative. And the fact that every single person other than you who has commented in this thread about this has expressed a similar observation, it suggests that this phenomenon is not just something I'm making up.

We can, at the very least, say that this is strong evidence that people tend to spend more on their children if they make more money. Right? I mean, in addition it just plain making more sense for this to be true, that is. Do you actually think that most people *don't* spend more money on their children if they earn more?
Holy crap dude... Are you new? If I EVER question anyone EVER on the definition of ANY word EVER, then rest assured that I looked it up first. With that being said, no, I did not mean simply "false", but "misleading and deceptive logic". The problem isn't that "rich people spend more money on their kids than poor kids". The problem is assuming the amount of money the rich people spend on their kids. So the fallacy is, since rich people spend more money on their kids than poor people, than the differential amount spent on kids will be equal to the difference in the parental income.

If I get a 10% raise, that doesn't mean that I will distribute that raise equally in all of my spending. I might save it all, invest that 10% or use it to pay debt. It doesn't mean that I will increase the amount of money directly spent on my children. I'm not going to start buying my children Jordans and high priced name brand clothes just because I have the money to do so.

Then again, you have already proven your inability to manage money in the waitress/tipping thread, so I guess it's to be expected.Smiley: lol




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