Would you support this plan?

I would like to see some legislation to help people that do not recieve child support from deadbeat parents. It has come to my attention that a parent not meeting their obligation paying child support can collect child support for another child with no hold up of the money. I would like to see this changed. I would also like to see any parent in arrears of $5000 or more be ineligible for any form of welfare. I would also like to see the parents work for the state 40 hours per week for their support if they will not get a job. Their pay will be only their weekly support ammount which would be paid to the parent that is owed. Refusal to work would land the parent in jail. Please write your state and fed govt. if you agree with this plan. It is time that this country stand up for our children and clean up the deadbeat parent problem.
Answer:
it's a double edged sword though -- you put a dead beat parent in jail and then you limit ANY chance of getting money out of them.

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The whole child support, custody and divorce system is a nightmare. So much needs to be done to correct it, I'm not sure it would not be best to eliminate everything in place and start over.
Until realistic and logical approaches are involved, I will not support anything dealing with the current mess unless it is to correct the main problems, which are many including but not limited to courtroom bias and unrealistic child support amounts and draconian measures to transfer wealth between parents.
The best way to force a desirable change is for all parents, even those living with their children, to be forced to the exact same standards as divorced or never-married parents.
That means that all parents would be forced under threat of jail to spend a specific amount of income on their children, mandate health insurance coverage for them, be only allowed to see their children on specific days and times and have no control over their education, religion or socialization.
What you propose is unconstitutional for custodial parents; slavery. It would only work for non-custodial parents and only then under the subterfuge of "contempt of court", which is double-talk for failure to pay a (court-ordered) debt.