re: Should govt. be completely out of the marriage/family business?

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But they don't. They encourage single mothers to not work and have an ever increasing number of kids out of wedlock because they get more money for each kid and if they work more than a minimum wage job or save their money, they lose their benefits (subsidized housing, free cell phone, free healthcare, food stamps, ect)

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This is the thing that needs to change. I'd be up for the government paying for the first kid, but if you and your baby's daddy are both on welfare and can't support the kid, then you both receive a complementary sterilization. Could you imagine how much the crime rate would go down over the course of a generation if we implemented this policy? Granted, I'd give a break to couples who have applied for welfare during pregnancy, but that's it.