Thank you for bringing up this very important topic, Brother PW. I personally have a very big interest in this issue, thanks to an innovative public-private partnership where my company has the exclusive contract to track down deadbeats who owe money to the government. It used to be that these welfare queens could get out of debt by dying, but thanks to our lobbyists, we got Congress to authorize going after their surviving relatives. Not only do we (justifiably) go after their kids, but any other kinfolk such as brothers/sisters, cousins, aunts/uncles, etc. If all these efforts fail, we can then go after their neighbors or friends. I really don't see why we just can't collect from anybody, though of course an exemption needs to be given to our nation's political, military and corporate leaders (such as myself) since we are vital to
Homeland Security™.
While ending the statute of limitations for debt collection is a good start, I personally think that the law lacks teeth. At the moment, all we can do is grab the Proletariat's tax refunds, but what if they aren't eligible for refunds? At the very least, we need to be able to seize their food stamps, unemployment benefits, cars, homes, and children. Another option would be forcible organ-donation - if we wait until they're dead before we grab their organs, they'll be worth less, since every transplant recipient wants healthy organs rather than old and creaky ones.
Happy kids paying off their parents' debts at my company's factories
Yet another big problem is the low interest rate on debts owed to the government. Since my company charges 400% interest on payday loans, I see no reason why it should be any less than that if you owe money to the government (and thus, my company).
We also have to consider the issue of deadbeats leaving the country to escape our awesome collection agents. That's why it's important that all deadbeats be put on the No-Fly List and not be allowed to have a passport. Other ways to make sure they don't flee could include attaching those permanent GPS monitoring anklets, and RFID chips inserted under their skin, plus random police checkpoints.
Only through measures like these can we hope to keep our country prosperous, strong and free! Americans just don't realize how lucky they are not to live in some banana republic with a Third World legal system.