This should concern us all and it's not difficult to come up with hypotheticals. Another program which kind of discourages full time work is called the Earned Income Tax Credit program, where a family can wind up with five or six thousand dollars that you won't get if you're making say more than $40,000 a year or, or married to somebody with a normal income. We have to revisit this problem. These programs have changed America Such that in 1965, before these programs kicked in, only about 5% of children born in America were born to a family without a mother and father at home. (04:39–04:56)
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