Supply-side socioeconomic policy In her Town Hall article “Social Issues vs. Fiscal Issues”, Phyllis Schlafly backs our Marriage Values policies as being the framework to rebuild America’s socioeconomic infrastructure.
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.
A short list of the costs of Marriage Absence by the Center for Marriage Policy
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FRC joins CFMP and Phyllis Schlafly stating that heterosexual marriage must be restored to balance budgets
When welfare transfers are included, federal policy strongly stimulates cohabitation and illegitimacy.
Low marriage rates means high violence rates. Welfarism destroys both marriage and local economies.
The latest phase of the sexual revolution is causing serious emotional problems for youth.
America’s structural weaknesses begin with marriage-absence. The foundation to reconstruct America begins with Marriage Values policy.