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[In an attempt to disenfranchise voters] US will start revoking passports for thousands of parents who owe child support, AP learns (apnews.com)
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The revocation program, plans for which were first reported by the AP in February, soon will be greatly expanded to cover parents who owe more than $2,500 in unpaid child support — the threshold set by a little-enforced 1996 law, the State Department said.

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[-] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 5 points 1 month ago

They only care when they can use it as a bludgeon against the general public. See also: the push for "age checks" on the internet. In this case, they are criminalizing poverty.

The bullshit becomes obvious when we start talking about things like "school lunch debt."

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