- A single parent with one child who earns $30,000/year gets a $2,688 subsidy. Two parents with two children who earn $60,000/year get $3,719. By marrying, they lose $1,657 a year in after-tax dollars.
- A single parent earning $15,000 qualifies for Medicaid, a subsidy of roughly $4000. A single parent earning $45,000 gets a $341 subsidy. By marrying, they lose more than $4000 in non-taxable subsidy dollars.
This is on top of the hundreds of other marriage disincentives built into the Federal income tax system, the welfare system, food stamps, and every other government program designed to "help" the needy.
