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17 May 2003

Sean C. Rafferty

West Chester, PA 19382

Senator Dominic F. Pileggi 631 W. Baltimore Pike West Grove, PA 19390

Dear Senator Pileggi,

I am writing to you concerning our current child support system. First, I find it a disgrace that the Federal Government gives the states extra money depending on the amount of support that they collect. No wonder most men have a difficult time having a fair amount of support taken for their children. Hell, we are lucky that the states don't take every dime that we make so that they can get the extra money from the Feds. However, there is some consumer credit law that ONLY allows them to take a maximum of 60% of your net pay, unless you have a second family. At that point they can only take 50%. Can you imagine living off of half of what you take home? Do you spend 35% of your net pay on each child that you have? Most of us don't, however the government has decided that we should. This needs to stop. I don't mind paying my fair share, but currently I spend 35% of my net income on a one year old. That is nothing less than asinine! Currently, I am in litigation with my son's mother. However, Chester County will not audit my PACSES account correctly and correct the arrearage. It took two letters to get them to even do an audit. They even had me paying daycare for when Nicolas was home with his mother in Jan of 2002. Is there any sanity in this system? Why does PA allow the Supreme Court to make the guidelines? This is a violation of the separation of powers clause of the constitution. How can the judicial branch make law and then decide whether or not the law is valid? Dr. Robert Williams from Denver created the guidelines that PA uses. Dr. Williams own Policy Studies Center in Colorado and makes money off the collection of child support. How we place any value on any economic "data" that he produces. We don't even have an economist on the PA Child Support Review Board.

Please help me; I don't know where else to turn. All that everyone seems to care about is getting that Federal money at any cost. Why is the government allowed to create a suspect class of people just because they are either divorced or not married? Does the government go into the homes of married people and tell them how much to spend on their children? I have enclosed some documents for your review. I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Respectfully submitted,

Sean C. Rafferty

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