[Sooth2222]

...then there is the marriage tax penalty that applies to high income couples. Groups that would benefit from marriage are the groups that aren't getting married.

(gMarriages aren't ever going to amount to much more than a rounding error.)

[WildHighlander57]

And that’s why some people got married in church per church standards and didn’t file with the county. Didn’t want taxes to go out the roof...