Illinois Republican Congressman Joe Walsh, a freshman House member and Tea Party favorite, has made a name for himself by appearing on numerous news shows denouncing President Obama in every way possible, and being very aggressive in his approach to the news interviewers, including the annoying habit of using their first name constantly in every sentence as he answers and talks over them.
This personal quirk is the least of the matter, however, as Joe Walsh is a true example of what is WRONG with America, setting a terrible example for others!
This excuse for a Congressman lacks a decent sense of respect for the President of the United States, to show up when the President gives a speech to a joint session of Congress, as Obama did last week when unveiling his jobs program. Instead, Walsh said he was going back to his Illinois district to meet with businessmen on plans to create new jobs. One has to wonder if he actually did that!
But while he did not meet his responsibilities to be in the House chamber as Obama spoke, Joe Walsh also did NOT return to his Illinois district to go to a court hearing on overdue child support for his three children, now totaling $117,000, over five years of back payments. He claimed he had to be present to vote on some bill, as if every Congressman votes on every bill, particularly when most bills pass by much more than a bare majority, and most votes are not consequential!
It has been revealed that Walsh’s House salary of $174,000 is being garnished for present payments per month of over $2000 child support, but that does not make up for past overdue payments, now over six figures!
One can have a divorce, but that is NO excuse for NOT paying child support, particularly when the provider has a salary as high as $174,000 and can easily afford to pay. It is great that the House is docking him the monthly amount, but it is not enough!
This loser, this bum, this character, this deadbeat dad, who professes family values, but denies his own children what they are entitled to, needs to be ordered to pay the entire back payments at once, and if he does not, be sent to prison and kicked out of the House of Representatives pronto!
This man, who also has gone bankrupt just a few years ago, should not be representing his district and pontificating about the national budget, when he does not take care of his own children and finances properly!
Hopefully, he will be defeated by his constituents next year, having won the seat by a small margin, but first, he should be held accountable, including prison time, if he does not immediately pay his debts!
And, as Lawrence O’Donnell of MSNBC said last night, Walsh should be banned from any interview show until he meets his responsibilities to his children! Amen to that!
This reminds me of a funny, but true story that happened here in Wisconsin many many years ago. Way back when Wisconsin went after dead beat dads, they started attacking drivers licenses. No big deal, drive anyway. Then they garnished wages. Again no big deal, don’t work much anyway. Then they stopped issuing Hunting Licenses. Oh my God, did that hit a nerve out here in the sticks! The uproar was quite comical. Hit em where it hurts. Your right, Dead Beat Dads should be hit hard. Don’t forget, child support payments are the MINIMUM of a parent’s responsibility.If a person can’t take of his own flesh n blood, I certainty wouldn’t want him in a public position.