Non-Marriage bonus: Children as Income Producing Assets

Welfare Destroys Marriage, Does Not Reduce Poverty

Since the 1970’s, poverty has consistently ranged between 11% and 15% in spite of economic boom and bust cycles. Yet, since 1982 the number of households receiving federal assistance has grown by 50%. 34.2% of households, predominantly unmarried individuals, now receive governmental assistance more than twice the poverty rate. Welfare is a non-marriage incentive that must be replaced with welfare-to-marriage policy.