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Rise Up, Non-Custodial Parents -- THIS IS YOUR MOMENT!

We Should Take Advantage of Upheaval, or Squander a Valuable Opportunity

> > Angry protesters in Wisconsin's capital building.

Our country is on the brink of what looks to be widespread social upheaval.

With the recent protests in Wisconsin spreading to other states, like Ohio and Indiana, America is starting to look like a newsreel of the 1930's when street fights pitting labor against government-backed corporate thugs were commonplace.

People are angry -- angry with the banker bailouts, angry with illegal immigrants snatching their jobs, angry with failing schools, higher taxes, and a whole litany of social ills brought about by our society's elites. And there's no better time to educate the general public about government abuses against oppressed classes of people.

Now more than ever, non-custodial parents should be mobilizing to bring issues of government abuse to the forefront of national discourse. And if we let this prime opportunity slip through our fingers, we may not get another like it again very soon.

Common Suffering Makes for Open Minds

Let's be honest. In America, like everywhere else in the world, things are groovy when the money is rolling in. Most people are only concerned with buying the new house, the new car, sending their kids to great schools, taking a dream vacation every year. And despite all of our talk about being the "most freedom loving country" on the face of the earth, we're not all that concerned about rights abuses when they're not happening to us.

If a person runs afoul of some Draconian law in America, most Americans are content to shrug and assume that that person has done something wrong to earn abuse. And then we busy ourselves with our iPhones, video games, Facebook pages, Dancing With Stars, or any other diversion on offer, and pretend that nothing evil is amiss.

Apathy is the national pastime, it seems, until the chickens come home to roost and abusive government forces start digging into everyone's pockets, interfering with everyone's lives.

Now three years after the financial collapse of 2008 and the $700 billion banker bailout, Americans all across the boards are still being pummeled by stark reality. In an effort to maintain the power and wealth of the ruling-class elite, our nation's leaders are now targeting unions in order to reduce the last decent wage earners to serfdom. And while they do this, they are also stripping away benefits from retirees, students, and anyone else who is vulnerable.

No one is safe. And when people feel threatened, it is a natural instinct to seek safety in numbers. Which is why workers have been clogging the capitals of states like Wisconsin, Indiana, and Ohio like never before.

It is therefore the duty of non-custodial parents to use this opportunity to join those numbers by showing support for protestors and other dissenters, and to educate about family law issues along the way.

Getting Active

It's easy for non-custodial parents, and people who support non-custodial parents, to get active.

If you are a union member, if you are out demonstrating or attending meetings to protect your job, you can turn to the people standing shoulder to shoulder with you and mention that you're also combating family law abuse. Chances are that person beside you might also be caught up in the abusive family law system too, and you can share ideas about fighting the system.

You can also spread the word at student demonstrations which are also widespread these days as universities raise tuition rates and our leaders reduce financial aid. A student rally is a great place to hand out NCPForce! downloadable documents as students are usually more open-minded about social issues and more apt to get involved. Be sure to tell them that the rights you're protecting just might be their own as anybody can become an NCP once they're out of school and start building a family.

This is also a great time to write letters to newspapers and to call into radio talk shows to tell fellow Americans how, in these tough economic times, non-custodial parents are suffering under unrealistic support orders. Or how the Bradley Amendment makes paying off arrears nearly impossible, much like those mortgage lenders that refuse to make any sort of payoff agreement with borrowers.

You can also link up with other groups that have been expressing outrage over government policies. A Tea Party organization in your area is great place to start and you can find local groups at http://www.meetup.com/. You can also use Meetup to start an NCPForce! group in your area.

It's Now or Never

Like every other American, we hope that economic stability will return and so will prosperity. Right now, many indicators point to a different future ahead -- escalating unrest in the Middle East, the rising price of oil, a bleak jobs market, higher taxes. But let us suppose there is a recovery. Those people who are now out demonstrating on the streets will go home and return to life as normal. And the government will get a blank check on abuses once again.

If we do not take advantage of this time, it may be many years before it comes around again. And the rights of non-custodial parents will continue to languish in a void of public apathy.

NCPForce!
March 2011

ABOUT NCP FORCE! (Non-Custodial Parents Force)

Our organization is a non-profit, grassroots action organization dedicated to reforming America's family law system.

While we frequently refer to divorced fathers, who overwhelmingly bear the brunt of abuses in the family law system, we champion the cause of all non-custodial parents, be they unwed fathers, non-custodial mothers, grandparents, or assigned parentage fathers (men who are held responsible for parentage despite the fact that they are not biological fathers).

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