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Re:College as a Marriage Market by welfareanyone on Saturday April 24, 2021 @08:44AM (#26924479)
Nobody's even going to mention the effect of welfare here, either, which subsidizes single motherhood and each additional child out of wedlock? Or the effect that this has had especially on the families of minorities?
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Re:College as a Marriage Market by jokethrowaway on Saturday April 24, 2021 @08:55AM (#26924535)
Thomas Sowell does.

Unfortunately, it doesn't fit with the narrative of more welfare, more taxes which allows both parties to increase government spending and gain even more power.

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Re:College as a Marriage Market by ks938ks on Saturday April 24, 2021 @09:39AM (#26924752)
Welfare polices do not subsidize single motherhood as much as punish intact families where the man cannot find work. In that way it does create perverse incentives that are harmful to families it is meant to support.
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Re:College as a Marriage Market by vmception on Saturday April 24, 2021 @01:27PM (#26926638)
Can you elaborate, I'm not familiar with this part

I know of the scenario where a man has to check in to jail when they cannot successfully pay the alimony or child support, which doesn't help their ability to do that. basically debtor's prisons.

are you referring to that?

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Re:College as a Marriage Market by BeFlatXIII on Saturday April 24, 2021 @10:21AM (#26925012)
What viable alternatives are there?
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