Posted on 04/02/2019 5:45:10 PM PDT by marshmallow
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Politicians across the world and across the ideological spectrum like to invoke “family values” when talking about education, the welfare system, taxes and pretty much anything else.
But how many of them actually put their money where their mouths are?
The current Hungarian government under Prime Minister Viktor Orban prides itself on its conservative platform - low immigration, lots of incentives for marriage and families, and promotion of the nation’s Judeo-Christian heritage whenever possible.
Some have panned this as “right-wing nationalism,” but the administration is touting the strong family outcomes that have taken hold over the near-decade it has been in power - marriage is significantly up, abortion and divorce are significantly down, and the total fertility rate is approaching numbers not seen in the East European state since the 1990s.
The policies that Orban’s government claims are responsible for these gains include the Family Housing Allowance Program, which gives hefty housing grants to couples with children, and a series of tax reforms instituted in 2011 and 2012 that also incentivize having kids. Both of these programs turn up the dial on aid as a couple has more children.
Additionally, a new constitution adopted in 2011 had language specifically defending traditional marriage and family creation, including: “We hold that the family and the nation constitute the principal framework for our coexistence” and “Hungary shall protect the institution of marriage as the union of a man and a woman.”
So just how much of Hungary’s family renaissance can be attributed to these political and cultural moves?
In a March 14 interview with Catholic News Service in Washington, Katalina Novak, Hungarian minister of state for family, seemed confident that many of the positive outcomes can be traced at least in part to policy.
Novak was first asked about marriage.....
(Excerpt) Read more at cruxnow.com ...
Helping families rather than single moms and abortion increases the birth rate and reduces divorce. Who knew?
I’ve been an Orbanmfan since reading and posting this 3 ears ago:
Orban’s Historical Speech Puts Hungary on a War Footing (speaks truth about Muslim immigration)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3411401/posts
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