I've Been Accused of being Liberal. Okay I'm laying my cards on the table

That's something that puzzled me about the Washington system.

They'd go after the dad for support, which is cool, but then reduce the state portion of the check by whatever they could get from the dad (minus a $50.00 cut for the state) so at the end of the day, the child (remember the child? It's a program about the child.) is no better off than he was before.