Wednesday's Wall Street Journal reported that the current healthcare proposal will bring back the marriage tax. For many low and middle-income married couples, the difference in the cost of healthcare between being married and living together could be as much as two thousand dollars. This has to do with federal subsidies which are linked to federal poverty guidelines.
Generally speaking, when the government taxes an activity, it decreases. The healthcare bill, in its current form, will weaken family life in America. Since the family is the training ground and the building block of our society, we might not want to do that.
Leadership U pointed out in 1994 that:
"One of the most significant factors contributing to the breakdown of the family has been the steady rise of unwed births. Since 1960, illegitimate births have increased more than 400 percent. In 1960, 5 percent of all births were out of wedlock. Thirty years later nearly 30 percent of all births were illegitimate. Among blacks two out of every three births are illegitimate."
The article at Leadership U also points out:
"Yet the consequences of fatherless homes is devastating. "More than 70 percent of all juveniles in state reform institutions come from fatherless homes." Children who grow up without fathers are more likely to be involved in criminal behavior because they lack a positive male role model in their lives. Fathers are not irrelevant. They may indeed spell the difference between success and failure for their children."
We need strong families in America. Passing a tax increase on families (particularly at this time) is not a good idea.
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