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Decoding the Obamacare 'marriage penalty'
Yahoo Finance ^

Posted on 11/07/2013 4:33:06 AM PST by Red in Blue PA

There's a lot to recommend marriage. But if you're trying to score the biggest break on the new Obamacare insurance exchanges, it could make sense to say "I don't."

That's because unmarried couples may end up paying less for subsidized insurance than if they were married.

(Excerpt) Read more at finance.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obamacare
Everything good is punished, and everything bad is rewarded.

Anyone who thinks that is an accident needs their head examined.

1 posted on 11/07/2013 4:33:06 AM PST by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Actually it is quite simple:

Single people, particularly single women, are more likely to vote Democrat than Republican.

Married people, even women, are more likely to vote Republican than Democrat.

Therefore you need to create more single people and discourage the creation of more married people.


2 posted on 11/07/2013 4:50:18 AM PST by InterceptPoint
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To: InterceptPoint

except for homosexual married people, a number of whom are “rich”
Then the more the betta.
Reap that marriage penalty tax windfall!


3 posted on 11/07/2013 5:00:11 AM PST by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Red in Blue PA
More of the war on marriage and the family.

Gay "marriage" isn't about marriage. It's about destroying the institution.

4 posted on 11/07/2013 5:29:01 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Who knew that one day professional wrestling would be less fake than professional journalism?)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Everything good is punished, and everything bad is rewarded.

Anyone who thinks that is an accident needs their head examined.

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Amen!


5 posted on 11/07/2013 6:20:48 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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To: InterceptPoint

Single people, particularly single women, are more likely to vote Democrat than Republican.

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And I suspect that the likelihood increases greatly if they are shacking up.


6 posted on 11/07/2013 6:21:46 AM PST by Bigg Red (Let me hear what God the LORD will speak. -Ps85)
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