Americans make economic decisions every day.
The economic decision when it comes to marriage is to co-habitate and get
the earned income credit.....it's not rare for a couple making $60,000 or less
between the two to net over $10,000 by staying single. And that is a HUGE
percent of their net disposable income. That's the reality.
On the flip side, older couples don't re-marry anymore because of loosening
mores on co-habitation, estate tax considerations, and the most important one...
they would lose half of one social security check.
Really is not all that complicated and could be easily fixed .
Hope this helps. THe couples in the middle, where tax and SS policy is not an
issue seem to delay marriage, and we don't have "shotgun weddings" anymore
due to changes in community pressure and the "rights" of would be parents to
kill, excuse me, eliminate unplanned babies. But the middle type couples seem
to still get married, although once divorced, they seem to be reluctant to marry
again.
But I explained all of this at least three times before and I am sure you will read
it, understand it for a few minutes, and then in a month wonder all over again
when you read a new report or Time magazine article. I bet Donald Trump can
understand remember most issues, but thats another topic.
Not being overyly critical, just pointing out that some people are sharper than
others. That doesn't mean that there isn't a place in the world for them, just that
it's good to understand your limitations.
Dont feel bad....the writers at major publications live in their ivory towers and
cant grasp what real America is like right now either. It would do them a real
service to have to live a few months in settings around people scrambling to
make ends meet, dealing with police in a real setting, etc.
Been there, done that, and I still remember. Keeps me motivated every day.
And gives me a great deal of appreciation for the men in blue, even if they
do make enough mistakes as they try to deal with contemporary America.
Would love to see the CLintons try to function without high level security
protection, or the Obamas,and then see their revised views on the police
in America. Trump, too, as far as that goes, but he does seem to get it.
It's not Mayberry RFD out there.
