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Old 04-26-2013, 11:13 PM
 
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lol, I was thinking the same thing. Punish the people doing the right thing and appease the welfare queen.
Why not just abolish marriage altogether, then no-one would have to worry about this gibbersish.
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Old 04-27-2013, 05:51 PM
 
Location: Alaska
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White couples are more likely to marry. Therefore in order to treat minority couples equitably the penalty was necessary.
Minorities don't because the baby daddies children will get taken care of by white married couples but we digress.... Back on topic
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Old 04-27-2013, 05:59 PM
 
Location: New Orleans, La. USA
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In almost every case under the Affordable Care Act, married couples will fare poorly compared to unmarried couples. The reason: subsidies in the newly created health insurance exchange will treat two singles better than a married couple.


http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...rriage-penalty
How do you think we can fix this problem ??
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Old 04-27-2013, 07:25 PM
 
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Just abolish marriage and let nature take care of the rest.
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Old 04-27-2013, 08:58 PM
 
Location: Portland, Oregon
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True, but that's a good reason not to get hitched in the first place, just in case.

Why would a man want to risk his financial future if a divorce will leave him wiped out?
Life is full of risks, why do you get out of bed everyday when you could risk being hit by a car.
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Old 04-27-2013, 09:02 PM
 
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Why should anyone get tax credits or what have you simply because you CHOOSE to get married & CHOOSE to have children?
Because children are important for the survival of a nation, its future perhaps.
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Old 04-27-2013, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Flippin AR
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Somebody has to get hit hardest; the writers of Obamacare probably think married couples can afford to take more of a hit. It already slams young people very hard, to get them to pay part of the cost of the old people.

Trouble is, the whole point of health care reform was to LOWER THE COST OF HEALTH CARE. How could anyone support a law that increases the costs of health care, causes doctor shortages by forcing private practices to join huge medical conglomerates, imposes over a trillion in new taxes, fattens the wallets of Big Insurance and Big Pharma, and adds the gigantic bureaucracy of Big Government to the already-unworkable bureaucracy of Big Insurance?
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Old 04-27-2013, 10:07 PM
 
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Because children are important for the survival of a nation, its future perhaps.
Marriage makes no difference to that, as it's only a piece of paper.

People will still breed regardless.
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