*** Quoting Rich Willbanks from a message to Alan Rackmill ***
RW> 1.   Two single people can take a larger deduction on
RW>      their income tax then a married couple.  An
RW>      incentive to not get married.
RW> 2.   A single mother can get benefits for her child but
RW>      if she marries the father she loses those
RW>      benefits.  An incentive to not get married.
RW> 3.   The more children a single mother has the more
RW>      benefits (money, food stamps, etc.) she gets.  An
RW>      incitive to have more and more children.
RW> 4.   A single mother who goes to work at an entry level
RW>      job loses benefits worth more then the money she
RW>      brings home from that job.  An incitive not to
RW>      work.
RW> And people wonder why there are so many people on
RW> government assistance.
And a single woman with child, recieving support from the father for the 
child, seldom qualifies for any of this, is she does, it is at a 
substantially reduced rate.  Think about that for a second.
                                       xxcarol
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