Information on State and Federal Fairtax Proposals

The FairTax plan is a comprehensive proposal that replaces all federal (or state)  income and payroll based taxes with an integrated approach including a progressive national (or state) retail sales tax, a prebate to ensure no American pays federal taxes on spending up to the poverty level, dollar-for-dollar federal (or state) revenue ...

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2010/03/15 government policy No comments

Race & Gender of Judges Make Enormous Differences in Rulings, Studies Find

The American Bar Association came out with an interesting study on Race and Gender making differences in judges rulings earlier this month. I was a little surprised to find that it came out of the ABA, but it is worth taking a look at. The information predominantly focuses on federal judicial activity, but one could ...

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2010/02/15 Judicial Accountability, Judiciary, family court No comments

Advisory Board Launched for Online Radio Program

Get Your Justice is a live interactive internet talk radio show that focuses on educating the general public and taking action to reform and inform the various levels of government on many key issues. We believe in developing programming that reflects the areas of concern that you have for your communities, ...

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2010/02/12 Get Your Justice Live, getyourjusticelive, getyourjusticelive.com, lary holland No comments

Michigan: It’s now legal to babysit your neighbor’s children.

In a state riddled with unemployment and a broken economy, you would think it would be alright for you to watch your neighbor's kids for an hour before they got on the bus for school while parents are trying to make a living and hold down a job. Well just a few months ago, that ...

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2009/12/09 Articles One comment

Health Care for Michigan Families: Parents and Children will Suffer

A couple of us were sitting around and discussing some of the health care issues that America is facing, and then a press release came in from the Michigan House Republicans stating "Tax on doctors will make medical treatment more expensive, push deficit on backs of patients, health care." Michigan's proposed House Bill 5386, levies ...

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2009/09/29 Articles, government policy, michigan No comments

Family Court Violence: Adversarial Divorce Kills Children and Families

Over the past couple of years much has caught our attention and concerned us about the adversarial divorce process, it certainly isn't a peaceful process and often the type of process that brings out the worst in people. Some might think that mudslinging comes to mind, but really there is a growing connection between the ...

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2009/09/16 Best Interests of the Family, Domestic Violence, collaborative divorce, collaborative law practice, deadly business, equal parenting, family court violence, parental rights One comment

PPO requests, petty spats clog up courts: Awareness Spreads

Awareness seems to be spreading rapidly on how often civil restraining orders, personal protection orders, and domestic violence restraining orders are improperly used in our civil courts across America. On July 13, 2009 we discussed how "Wasteful Restraining Orders Clog Rock County Courts" which came out in Wisconsin. It was a not-so-surprising revelation and created ...

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2009/09/15 2nd amendment, Domestic Violence, Judiciary, government policy, protection orders No comments

Ex-Court Clerk is booked into county jail; investigation of finances continues

Embezzlement and Misconduct of office certainly are not new terms in the realm of the nation's federalized child support enforcement program, also referred in part as Title IV-D program. The Child Support Enforcement program continues to be plagued over the past several years of documented fraud, identity theft, embezzlement, bribery schemes, and more. Just take ...

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2009/08/29 child support, child support enforcement, embezzlement, fraud, title iv-d, title iv-d program, title iv-d reform No comments

Federal Government Freezes County Title IV-E Funds!

The first thing that we have to clear up here is what exactly is "Title IV-E Funds." According to Nationwide Blueprint, a site that discusses Welfare Reforms, Foster Care, and Child Custody reforms Title IV-E of the Social Security Act starts at 42 USC 670. It's appropriation and purpose section define the purpose of the ...

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2009/08/29 Foster Care, Judicial Accountability, Judiciary, Title IV-E, fraud No comments

FDLE: DCF Worker Stole $40K In Tax Dollars

Welfare, Child Protection, Child Support, Adoption, and all inter-related federal grant programs that have been plagued by a number of bribery schemes, extortion schemes, corruption, and other accountability programs as their number of program participants and bureaucratic positions increase. Yesterday, August 4, 2009, WFTV.Com broke the story FDLE: DCF Worker Stole $40K In Tax Dollars. Corita Adams, ...

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2009/08/05 Articles, Corruption, Judicial Accountability, child support enforcement, federal grant programs, title iv-d One comment