Neither the propriety of the ceiling nor the Michigan court's treatment of the Georgia court's decree is at issue here. Technically, child support is owed to the custodial parent for the benefit of the minor child. For simplicity's sake, however, we choose to reduce the triangle to a straight line and treat the obligation as if it were owed directly to the minor. To the extent that the appellant relies on a quartet of district court decisions purposing to strike down the CSRA on the authority of Lopez , his reliance is misplaced. Two of them have been reversed by the Ninth Circuit.
None have the potential to justify relief.
Those that we have not specifically identified are either unpreserved, or unworthy of discussion, or both. The appellant also asseverates that the district court failed to satisfy the statutory stricture that requires a district court, among other things, to impose a sentence sufficient but not greater than necessary to reflect the severity of the offense, promote respect for the law, and afford adequate deterrence. This asseveration is meritless. The sentence artfully balances the appellant's persistent disregard of child support obligations and the desirability of deterrence against his need for liberty if he is to earn the money to which his minor daughter is entitled. H.R. Rep. No.