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I'm split.

One one hand, another pricey government program is a bad idea, but on the other, promoting marriage is an excellent thing.

Children do better when they are in a loving two-parent household. Secondly, they are less likely to need state funding to be fed. Third, we do know that single parents tend to embrace the "mommy party".

"One one hand, another pricey government program is a bad idea, but on the other, promoting marriage is an excellent thing.

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So, the feds are going to spend $1.5B to do what? Run some ads on TV promoting marriage. Give some bucks to marriage counseling centers? What? I don't see it having any effect, except to employ a few more federal employees.

This is a wrong-headed sort of deal, all around.

Promoting marriage would have been a good thing 40 years ago. Today's version of marriage is not what it was back then. I've worked for divorce lawyers and spent a lot of time working around the divorce courts. All someone needs to get a divorce is $1000 for a lawyer. No reason is required.

After what I've seen and from the experiences of friends and family, any man who is considering getting married and having kids today is a fool. Think about this. Someone walks up to a man on the street and offers him a wager on a coin toss, 50/50 odds: Heads, and he goes on about his life as if nothing happened. Tails, and he loses (at least) half of everything he's worked for, gets to have his kids (that haven't been born yet) live with him 4 days a month and alternating holidays, and lose things that no amount of money can ever replace. The person offering that bet we either be laughed at or punched in the nose, but millions of men every year take a bet with those same odds.

As for which party is the "mommy party," IMO that's both parties. The GOP certainly has never done anything to repeal the no-fault divorce laws, and have been passing other laws that almost encourage divorce and the break up of families.