Tucker Carlson: “If you want to discourage marriage, set up a system where…”

“The women, on average make more than the men because they work at the hospitals and the schools, the men have only seasonal work. Guess what? No marriage. So If you want to discourage marriage, set up a system where the women make more, which is the system that we have. That's why people don't get married, because women make more. And the women are making a decision. They don't want it. They may want to sleep with him, they want to have his babies.” (1:29:47–1:29:53)

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