… if you are a single parent and you marry the father of your children or mother of your children, you can lose easily over $25,000 a year. In other words, The US government spends $25,000 a year bribing single parents not to get married. I thought in this country we were supposed to treat people equally, but we don't treat people equally. We have an overwhelming bias in favor of keeping parents. (04:54–05:03)
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Claims that the U.S. government provides $25,000 annually in benefits that discourage single parents from marrying.
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