u****q
发帖数: 24345 | 1 penniless
penniless
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发帖数: 2785 | 2 新的
1,419 of 1,540 people found the following review helpful
A must read. This book is going to be in history., January 22, 2013
By lin
This review is from: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds (Hardcover)
(edited and revised on 2/21)
(Some people may get confused about what happened to my review. Here is the
story: My oringinal most popular 1 star review was deleted by Amazon on the
evening of Feb 16. I then posted this new 5 star review on the morning of
Feb 18, which was voted to be The most ... 阅读全帖 |
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D***e
发帖数: 157 | 3 Lin's new review on the book
http://www.amazon.com/Bend-Not-Break-Life-Worlds/product-review
83 of 84 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A must read. This book is going to be in history, January
22, 2013
By
lin - See all my reviews
This review is from: Bend, Not Break: A Life in Two Worlds (Hardcover)
(References and my first review are in the comments section following this
review. Discussion of the events related to this book will also be in the
comments section)
A mu... 阅读全帖 |
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k**L
发帖数: 3630 | 4 How do you know there is no love? Rich people can't have love too? must she
grab a ordinary poor guy to "proof" that she is really in love? so only
people who are penniless have true love?
think |
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m****b
发帖数: 94 | 6 Texas A&M University 亚洲研究部主任Dudley L. Poston Jr近日在学校网站上发表不负责任的反华言论，内容摘录如下：
1.由于中国经济恶化，数千万的农民工失业
Urban unemployment in China has turned, and will continue to turn, the
floaters’ world upside down, he observes, adding that as many as 20 million
floaters are unemployed — being typically first fired — and no longer can
send money home.
2. 失业的农民工碍于面子不愿意返乡，他们的唯一现实的出路是到国外寻求出路。
“Unwilling to return home penniless and lose face, they also find
themselves with little or no prospect of any livelihood in Ch... 阅读全帖 |
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h****d
发帖数: 1420 | 7 Brit in China
4 Fans
01:01 AM on 11/02/2011
Please go to Google and search may name Gordon Styles Star Prototype and you
can read my story. In 2005 I found my self penniless and unemployed in the
UK. I am a skilled precision engineer with now 28 years of hands on
experience. I am one of the millions of highly skilled people that had
to leave the UK in the last 15 years to simply find a job. That is the
fault of incompetent Government. My goal in coming to China was
to get a job... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 901 | 8 "D.C. Madam" Deborah Jean Palfrey wrote suicide notes to her mother and
sister explaining that she hanged herself because she couldn't bear the
thought of a future in prison.
"I want you to know how very much I love and appreciate you," Palfrey, 52,
wrote in sprawling script to her mother in one of the notes released Monday
by police. "However, I cannot live the next 6-8 years behind bars for what
both you and I have come to regard as this 'modern day lynching,' only to
come out of prison in my ... 阅读全帖 |
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u***r
发帖数: 4825 | 9 http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-01-06/india-savings-deposit-
By Yoolim Lee Jan 6, 2014 4:00 PM CT 44 Comments Email Print
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Photographer: Ashok Nath Dey/Getty Images
Investors in Sudipta Sen's Saradha companies protest in Kolkata as word of
the scam... Read More
Sudipta Sen was on the run when police arrested him on April 23 at Hotel
Snow Land, a resort with views of the Himalayas in Sonamarg, India, about 2,
700 kilometers northwest of his Kolkata bas... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 48111 | 10 http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2
Fortunately for Goodman, he had set up a very large trust (currently worth
“several hundred million dollars” according to Goodman’s attorney) years
earlier for the benefit of his two children, with distributions to be
disbursed when each child reached the age of 35.
If a jury verdict were to bankrupt him, would he be left penniless while his
children continued to benefit richly from their trust income? Enter the
shrewd estate plann... 阅读全帖 |
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发帖数: 1 | 11 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1127056/The-real-Slumdo
The real Slumdog Millionaires: Behind the cinema fantasy, mafia gangs are
deliberately crippling children for profit
By ANDREW MALONE FOR THE DAILY MAIL
UPDATED: 12:24 EST, 24 January 2009
View comments
Alone and afraid, Aamir was initially grateful when a ‘kind’ older couple
befriended him on his arrival in Mumbai. This chaotic urban sprawl is now
India’s largest city and home to more than 20 million people. More than
nine mill... 阅读全帖 |
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l*********l
发帖数: 469 | 13 【 以下文字转载自 Joke 讨论区 】
发信人: Huangchong (净坛使者), 信区: Joke
标 题: Re: 教材里西方的酒店都是这样的 (转载)
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Sun Sep 16 23:02:13 2018, 美东)
CLAIM: William Waldorf Astor rewarded a helpful hotel manager’s kindness
by making him the manager of the grand Waldorf hotel.
STATUS: TRUE, BUT EMBELLISHED.
ORIGINS: For over a century the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in New York has
reigned as a symbol of the grandeur of the American dream. It all began when
William Waldorf Astor razed his home at Fifth Avenue and Thi... 阅读全帖 |
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E******k
发帖数: 389 | 14 David Einhorn is a degenerate gambler. He will die penniless shorting TSLA. |
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g********d
发帖数: 4174 | 15 Posted on Advocate.com
Civil Unions Pass Initial Colorado Sen. Vote
By Advocate.com Editors
PAT STEADMAN X390 (FAIR) | ADVOCATE.COM
In an initial voice-vote, the Colorado State Senate approved a bill that
would establish civil unions on Monday. Senate Bill 172, introduced by
openly gay Sen. Pat Steadman (pictured), would create civil unions which
offer most of the rights and benefits given to married Colorado couples. The
bill will face a final vote in the Senate later this week, after which it
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 16 Mark Steyn：卡恩事件并不仅仅是一出性侵犯丑闻，从中我们还可以看出后繁荣时代的
西方社会中，政府官僚阶层和他们的管理对象之间越来越大的鸿沟
Mark Steyn: The unzippered princeling and the serving wench
May 20, 2011|By MARK STEYN
Back when he was still the officially designated Next President of France
and not an accused rapist, Dominique Strauss-Kahn was glimpsed at the annual
IMF soccer tournament wearing a T-shirt emblazoned "YES, WE KAHN!" (
Monsieur le directeur was not participating in the game: The field he likes
to play requires more horizontal exertions,... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 17 By Richard N. Weltz
If one wants to explore what makes the minds of the left-liberal elites tick
, there is perhaps no better place to search than on the editorial pages of
the New York Times, which on the last Saturday of 2011 saw fit to bemoan
such little reductions as Republicans had been able to accomplish in the
Obama administration's ongoing runaway spending binge:
But that still leaves major reductions in the vital category known as
nondefense discretionary spending[.] ...
... Th... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 18 By Larrey Anderson
Venture capitalism is, and always has been, the heart of capitalism. There
is nothing "new" or modern about it.1 Venture capitalism is one or more
private investors financing a risky new venture (thus, the "venture" in
venture capitalism) -- or a private investor's attempt to salvage an already
existing, but troubled, business. Venture capitalism takes the risks that
banks won't and that governments shouldn't. Crony capitalism is the system
of politically motivated handouts fr... 阅读全帖 |
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j*****y
发帖数: 1916 | 19 American dream? it is too early to say.
see this link:
http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/05/world/europe/italy-triple-suicide
Even if you have savings the situation is bad. My parents have insurance, a
home and a small pension. Medical costs and alzheimers is still bankrupting
them. They will lose their home and be penniless with medical deductibles
for over the top hospital expenses. They will die in massive debt even
though they saved and lived very conservatively all their life. They saved
and spent... 阅读全帖 |
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l****z
发帖数: 29846 | 20 The Science is Settled: New Study Says Threat of Man-Made Global Warming
Greatly Exaggerated »
by Jammie
In a just world the climate hoaxers like that fraud Al Gore would be sued
penniless for perpetrating this scam on the public and all those slimy
lefties who call people “deniers” would be rightly sued for libel and
slander. They can never admit they’ve been part of one of the greatest
hoaxes of all time, one that that has cost billions. So ironically, they’re
now the deniers.
A peer-... 阅读全帖 |
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d********9
发帖数: 3927 | 21 能 fire Comey，因为Comey是联邦雇员。Trump 可动不了洲检查官一根毫毛。
纽约／EDVA 的洲检察官都在调查呢。
去Claude Taylor twitter看的，能把你们吓个半死。
转Claude Taylor twitter:
Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated 6h6 hours ago
Claude Taylor Retweeted JulieGaughran
Schneiderman is going to come down on Trump like an avenging angel. State
RICO, money laundering etc. Ultimately, Trump will die penniless.
Claude Taylor @TrueFactsStated 5h5 hours ago
My latest-reliably sourced-information has number of sealed indictments so
far at nine-with... 阅读全帖 |
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p******n
发帖数: 2449 | 22 How I Met the Biggest Devil
Marc Rich, the world’s most powerful oil trader who had systematically
avoided reporters and had given his last interview over twenty years ago,
finally opened up about his businesses and his private life.
Just before Christmas, two years ago, I waited at the Suvretta ski lift in
St. Moritz, the world’s oldest and most glamorous ski resort. It was one of
the coldest mornings of the year, eight degrees below zero Fahrenheit, and
my breath hanged before me in a cloud of... 阅读全帖 |
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c*f
发帖数: 977 | 23 Know LD for almost 25 years and fall in love with her for more than 20 years
, and see her from a pretty little girl to a busy working mom of 2 kids.
Our 10th anniversary is coming soon, but I am not quite sure what I should
get for her.
I remember when I was young and penniless, I would always take long time to
look for a gift, I would always know what's the best gift for her, and I was
always sure she would like it... |
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f*****m
发帖数: 416 | 24 http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Housing-Crash-Is-Hitting-nytimes-
SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now
they wonder if it will ever stop
slumping.
The rolling real estate crash that ravaged Florida and the Southwest is
delivering a new wave of distress to
communities once thought to be immune — economically diversified cities
where the boom was relatively
restrained.
In the last year, home prices in Seattle had a bigger decline than in Las
Vegas. Minneapolis dropp... 阅读全帖 |
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p********r
发帖数: 1980 | 25 What? It is in completely opposite of what you just said.
Instead, the white man who played a Chinese girl for 14 years and now
decided she needs to throw out of the door penniless because they signed up
a prenup beforehand.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2341163/Rupert-Murdoch-
And you are accusing the Chinese girl in the story?! Unbelievable. |
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y***n
发帖数: 6764 | 26 penniless肯定不至于，但是因为有pre-nup, Wendi本身可能的确得不到太多的财富 （
她的两个女儿另说），要想得到Murdoch前妻离婚时17亿的settlement是不可能的了。
“A source told MailOnline there is a prenuptial agreement in place and the
divorce will not have any real effect on News Corporation.”
其实离不离婚，在直接财富上来说，对Wendi没啥或好或坏的影响。但一旦离了婚，
Wendi对News Corp的influence就归零了。 |
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x******1
发帖数: 406 | 27 This is the meaning of hobo on wiki:
A hobo is a term which is often applied to a migratory worker or homeless
vagabond, often penniless |
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p******e
发帖数: 17163 | 28 本周qqq86只要17块，拿500来块买30个吧。
我是penniless了，没办法了。 |
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j*****5
发帖数: 5135 | 29 NM, 纸交at least don't make you penniless.
Why don't you think you can still learn from 纸交?
Your skill is terrible. |
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p******e
发帖数: 17163 | 30 虽然还要再熬一天才满四天，但是老板已经把工资先给我了，合500块，我留140先处理
一些账单剩下的 360, 押注如下
每个32块购入11个下周的spy 207 扑
所以现在手上有
25个本周的200扑
22个下周的200扑
11个下周的207扑
10个下下周的200扑
penniless again, fml. |
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p******e
发帖数: 17163 | 31 didn't see no credit card in the mail today..... fml!
however, manage to gather around 100 bucks (40 from my long time idle paypal
acct, 25 from my pockets, about 30 something from an old school bag i use
during college, 10 bucks from my piggy saving box...)
deposited this 105 bucks, couple with about 20 something leftover in my
brokerage before, total around 130 bucks. bet the following
bought 11 spy 206 put expiring tomorrow @10 bucks each
现在手头只有
11spy 206 put tomorrow
58spy 200 put tomorrow
3... 阅读全帖 |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 32 of meat & some vintage French red wine
4th 's coming, BBQ time
shall use the div coming later next mon
to pay off t CC balance
right now 'm broke, penniless |
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W***n
发帖数: 11530 | 33 unfortunately
I am penniless
otherwise I 'll do what he did |
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m****b
发帖数: 94 | 34 【 以下文字转载自 Military 讨论区 】
发信人: mayabb (玛雅bb), 信区: Military
标 题: TAMU亚洲研究部主任发表脑残反华言论
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Wed Oct 12 02:49:21 2011, 美东)
Texas A&M University 亚洲研究部主任Dudley L. Poston Jr近日在学校网站上发表不
负责任的反话言论，内容摘录如下：
1.由于中国经济恶化，数千万的农民工失业
Urban unemployment in China has turned, and will continue to turn, the
floaters’ world upside down, he observes, adding that as many as 20 million
floaters are unemployed — being typically first fired — and no longer can
send money home.
2. 失业的农民工碍于面子不愿意返乡，他们的唯一现实的出路是到国外寻求... 阅读全帖 |
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P*********t
发帖数: 4451 | 35 and the dude is probably penniless
this is not good. the final outcome. |
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d*********2
发帖数: 48111 | 36 这才是真正的美国精神， "not a penny to scumbags"
Goetz subsequently filed for bankruptcy, saying that legal expenses had left
him almost penniless. A judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court ruled
that the $43 million jury award could not be dismissed by the bankruptcy.[66
] Asked in 2004 whether he was making payments on the judgment, Goetz
responded "I don't think I've paid a penny on that", and referred any
questions on the subject to his attorney. |
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O***n
发帖数: 13127 | 37 小S火辣出席代言活动 七夕在床上全裸迎接老公
Priceless and penniless (?).
to
your
for |
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f*****m
发帖数: 416 | 38 【 以下文字转载自 Living 讨论区 】
发信人: fulcrum (Flanker), 信区: Living
标 题: Housing Crash Is Hitting Cities Once Thought to Be Stable
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Mon Feb 14 14:59:25 2011, 美东)
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Housing-Crash-Is-Hitting-nytimes-
SEATTLE — Few believed the housing market here would ever collapse. Now
they wonder if it will ever stop
slumping.
The rolling real estate crash that ravaged Florida and the Southwest is
delivering a new wave of distress to
communities once thought to be immune — econ... 阅读全帖 |
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s********e
发帖数: 427 | 39 这个是俳句，Haiku. 日式诗歌。
Haiku poems from
The Great Mystery
(2004)
难解的谜
The lamasery
with hanging gardens –
a battle-piece
喇嘛寺
空余残园(?花园零落？) -
战后的畸零
Thoughts at a standstill:
mosaic-pieces
in the palace yard
思绪静谧:
马赛克瓷砖片片
宫廷旧苑
Standing on the balcony
in a cage of sunbeams –
like a rainbow
凭栏而立
囚于光线的笼中 - （?或者只是在光线的笼中？至少英文本没有太强调囚禁的感觉。但
这可能是诗人要表达的。）
如虹
Humming in the mist –
a fishing boat out there:
trophy on the waters
呜咽声浮在雾中-（？雾中飘来低沉的响声）
远处的渔舟:
水上的战利品（？水上的胜利痕迹？trophy指什么？人征服了鱼？）
The wall of hopelessness... 阅读全帖 |
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A*****1
发帖数: 1738 | 40 真长，不过先存着，等我中英日文水平都有了很大地提高之后再慢慢看。。。
这个是俳句，Haiku. 日式诗歌。
Haiku poems from
The Great Mystery
(2004)
难解的谜
The lamasery
with hanging gardens –
a battle-piece
喇嘛寺
空余残园(?花园零落？) -
战后的畸零
Thoughts at a standstill:
mosaic-pieces
in the palace yard
思绪静谧:
马赛克瓷砖片片
宫廷旧苑
Standing on the balcony
in a cage of sunbeams –
like a rainbow
凭栏而立
囚于光线的笼中 - （?或者只是在光线的笼中？至少英文本没有太强调囚禁的感觉。但
这可能是诗人要表达的。）
如虹
Humming in the mist –
a fishing boat out there:
trophy on the waters
呜咽声浮在雾中-（？雾中飘来低沉的响声）
远处的渔舟:
水上的战利品（？水上的胜利痕迹？trophy... 阅读全帖 |
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S*****a
发帖数: 59 | 41 在 Musice版贴过着这个，感觉贴在这里似乎更对。 City of Angels 好像不是很卖座
的电影，但很感人。
"In the Arm of the Angel"
Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh beautiful release
memories seep from my veins
let me be empty
and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
in the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness th... 阅读全帖 |
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p******e
发帖数: 17163 | 42 Nah, penniless yet again |
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p******e
发帖数: 17163 | 43 来自主题: LeisureTime版 - 人不可貌相 penniless |
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S*****a
发帖数: 59 | 44 "Angel"
Spend all your time waiting
for that second chance
for a break that would make it okay
there's always some reason
to feel not good enough
and it's hard at the end of the day
I need some distraction
oh beautiful release
memories seep from my veins
let me be empty
and weightless and maybe
I'll find some peace tonight
in the arms of the angel
fly away from here
from this dark cold hotel room
and the endlessness that you fear
you are pulled from the wreckage
of your silent reverie
you're in ... 阅读全帖 |
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t****d
发帖数: 488 | 45 well, you are hungry because you cannot find the restaurant. When I first
got there, I pretty much penniless. There is a beggar(I do not know at that
time) on the street and told me that he did not eat for a whole day, no
place to stay at night and if I could spare him a dollar. I told him that I
was at exactly the same situation and I cannot spare any money at all:D That
beggar stared at me for a long time and found I was really sincere about
what I was saying. I did not eat for the whole day, |
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p*******k
发帖数: 30 | 46 On one side, it's needed for immigrants to improve language ability, so to
enjoy more opportunities. The catch is, a person can't eliminate accent if
immigrated after adolescence, since brain of youth can pick up far more
verbal sounds, and develop the ability to speak like local. Still, people
can reduce accent, and improve speak clarity by working with language
therapists. Accent is nothing to be ashamed of, it shows our origins, which
we can be proud of, and accent can never deter determined ... 阅读全帖 |
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p*******k
发帖数: 30 | 47 On one side, it's needed for immigrants to improve language ability, so to
enjoy more opportunities. The catch is, a person can't eliminate accent if
immigrated after adolescence, since brain of youth can pick up far more
verbal sounds, and develop the ability to speak like local. Still, people
can reduce accent, and improve speak clarity by working with language
therapists. Accent is nothing to be ashamed of, it shows our origins, which
we can be proud of, and accent can never deter determined ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****i
发帖数: 4609 | 48 一个年薪20 万的人
如果老婆没有工作 ，
Alimony to 老婆 3000/ monthly
Child support ( 1) child 1800 / monthly
Total 57600 / year
Alimony is tax deductible , the recipient has to report it as income
Child support is not deductible , but is not taxable income to recipient
either
You can file a motion to modify alimony or child support should your income
changes, but the court would include your other financial resources in
ruling on your petition.
You need to quickly find a job if you do not want to exhaust your ... 阅读全帖 |
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l****i
发帖数: 4609 | 49
In my original post , I did not discuss alimony . I only mentioned " child
support"
Child support is very different from alimony.
Some people step in this argument boldly without knowledge that these two
are different issue.
Child support would be modified down under extreme circumstances in some
states. I am taking about common sense.
If you are over 18 , you are required to pay minimum child support by law no
matter what you do. Even if you are disabled, child support would be
deducted from y... 阅读全帖 |
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l****i
发帖数: 4609 | 50 I do not think Wenjing Liu had any intent to kidnap her son to China and
never return.
Her problem is that she did not take the court order seriously which she
should have , like many idiots here a few days ago thought they would not be
obligated to child support anymore if they lost their job or became
penniless.
Some people interpret the law according to their own emotion, and refuse to
acknowledge the fact it doe not count in the real world.
I do not think she could be convicted of child kidn... 阅读全帖 |
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