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I think it would be a good first step to change the welfare state such that it stops being quite so damaging to the institution of marriage. I don't think that would fix it alone, but "stop making things worse" would make later changes to culture a lot easier to implement.

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I guess I should have read one comment down. Ha.

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Never a bad idea to reiterate "First, stop doing harm" when talking about government interventions :D

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Just try taking those cheques away! palatable might be a temporary and diminishing value style ubi that includes training or childcare for the recipient, that bumps up job income to a living wage. no problem recognizing special needs, with single motherhood not being a special need. The word incentivizng is a good one when trying to modify behaviour.

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