Has anyone looked into Title IV D of the 1974 Social Security Act

You might explain what it says, or even include the part you mean.

Can you be more clear to your point?

Basically, it allows those that receive SSD or SS retirement benefits to have those benefits garnished if they owe child support.

Yes he was. He basically predicted what we now see.

Wrong. It regards child support collection and enforcement.

Here's a link: Scroll down to Part D—Child Support and Establishment of Paternity

Before 1975, if a parent walked away, the other parent was pretty much on their own to chase them down and sue for support. Title IV-D said, “No more. The government is now in the child-support collection business.” It turned child support from a private family-law matter into a government-enforced obligation backed by very strong collection powers.

The way works is that every state must run a “IV-D” child support agency (usually called the Office of Child Support Enforcement or something similar). For everyone in that state who gets certain government benefits (like welfare/TANF, Medicaid, or sometimes food stamps), the state automatically opens a child support case for them and they must cooperate or else they lose or get reduced benefits.

The state has to:
-Locate non-custodial parents (the ones who don’t live with the child).
-Do paternity testing if needed and establish legal fatherhood.
--Set up a court order for how much child support is owed.
-Collect the money and send it to the family (or keep some of it to repay welfare the state paid out).
-Enforce the order if the parent doesn’t pay by:
-----Taking money straight from paychecks (wage garnishment)
-----Intercepting tax refunds
-----Suspending driver’s licenses, professional licenses, or passports
-----Putting people in jail for contempt if they still refuse to pay (when it’s willful)

The only real loophole here is for those who can somehow convince a social worker that they don't know who the father is (or either/both parents in the case of foster care). With case workers generally being overloaded, it wouldn't shock me to learn there are many who don't need all that much convincing.

We may not like the idea of this being run through government, but it's been pretty effective. Estimates for FY2024 collections put the amount it forced deadbeat parents to pay at around $29B (meaning that for every $1 spent on the program, it collects ~$5).

All you really need to remember about Social Security? Back in the eighties Joe Biden and his crooked democrats stole Social Security. They basically pulled the Ole Bait & Switch routine, raised S/S taxes, then scrapped the notion of the "Social Security Lock Box" and simply treated S/S tax receipts as just another income tax stream.

The scheme so incensed Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan, I recall he pranced in front of his colleagues and blurted out,"It's official - we're stealing from the American People". He wasn't wrong.

And ever since the democrats (and their RINO pals) have been stealing from American workers and retirees. Yep, legislative theft and NOBOBY makes an effort to stop this.

Wait it gets worse - they never stop. Back before Newt Gingrich and the Republicans regained control of the House the democrats were scheming to confiscate those individual IRA's and 401k's. They even held public hearings on the proposal. Their twisted excuse for confiscating those accounts? It's all racist.

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Yep, legislative theft and NOBOBY makes an effort to stop this.

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So what should be they doing instead?

Not all are dead beats. It's usually the men who step up that gets shafted the most. Child support laws need to be updated in a serious way

We are all debt slaves alike. No offense but that war was not about ending chattel slavery. It was about crushing the states once and for all. See “Blood Money: The Civil War and the Federal Reserve. Got more if you want.

Cheers