Fathers are dragged out of homes, handcuffed and incarcerated.
Child support is the latest arena in the battle to overhaul America's welfare system.
Simplification of this country's poor is not original. It's a tactic that has been seen before. Pinpoint an effect of poverty that is understandably shared by the victims and create a stigma around it. Pin the blame on the victims, or on a subgroup of the victims, and the real culprit is not only cleared of doing wrong but is looked to for solutions. By painting the picture of the Welfare Queen, the media furthered the idea that there was only one type of person that received welfare and that she was to blame for her own situation and for the situation of the thousands of other welfare recipients.