Because if they improve their lot, they'll lose some of these 90 benefits. Now, a question is, is this penalty for getting married? And it's had a huge impact on society. I want to point out, In the 1950s, 4% of the children in this country were born into a household with a mother and father. That number is now over 40%. So America has fundamentally changed because of these programs. The question is, was this on purpose or was it an inadvertent problem caused by these programs? (08:29–08:42)
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Asserts that the percentage of children born out of wedlock has increased from 4% to over 40% since the 1950s.
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