I didn't have steak, I had something more American.

St Louis style ribs!
Yes, but there's a foreign earned income exclusion, which means the first $150k or so is free, so long as you can prove you live abroad for more than 6 months in that year.
Nope, that's too close.

Europe actually.
Child support is punitive in the US, and here's why:

1. If DNA test reveals that the child isn't yours, you still have to pay.

2. Even if you lose your job, you still have to pay.

3. Go to jail, you still have to pay.

4. Even if you voluntarily paid child support, the mother can take you to court and officially make you pay, including BACK-PAY FROM THE TIME THE BABY WAS BORN, and past payments don't count.

5. Fall back on child support? They'll garnish your wages, impound your car, take away your driver's license, take away your passport, put you in jail, etc.

The government is so complicit in making men pay women child support, because they get a cut from all child support payments.

The incentives are perverse, and it's definitely "not in the best interest of the child."