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Re: Forced marriages in the United States?

Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 138.89.121.246
Date: Thursday, February 28, 2002, at 08:13:49
In Reply To: Re: Forced marriages in the United States? posted by Ellmyruh on Wednesday, February 27, 2002, at 20:46:20:

> > > Is it just me, or is there something drastically wrong with President Bush's welfare reform plan that encourages unwed mothers to get married?
> >
> > Perhaps they wouldn't feel the need to pay women to get married if they didn't already pay those same women to stay unmarried.
>
> I'm not sure I understand what you mean or where you're going with this. Some more information would be extremely useful.

I believe this is a reference to the (so-called) marriage penalty when filing one's income tax. Basically, if two people are married, they'll wind up owing more money than if they were able to file separately.

About a year or so ago, I heard that there was some legislation pending about removing this marraige penalty over the course of ten years. I don't know if it was ever passed.

-FP

Replies To This Message

Re: Forced marriages in the United States? - Minamoon - Thu, 2/28/2002, 16:24:21
- Re: Forced marriages in the United States? - Grishny - Thu, 2/28/2002, 17:42:25
  - Re: marriages and taxes in the United States - koalamom - Thu, 2/28/2002, 20:30:22
    - Re: marriages and taxes in the United States - Grishny - Fri, 3/1/2002, 05:55:19

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