(Disclaimer: Study was commissioned by four groups advocating more government action to bolster marriages.)
----------------------------------------------------------- "Sponsors say the study is the first of its kind and hope it will prompt lawmakers to invest more money in programs aimed at strengthening marriages."
"There have been previous attempts to calculate the cost of divorce in America. But the sponsors of the new study, being released Tuesday, said theirs is the first to gauge the broader cost of "family fragmentation" -- both divorce and unwed childbearing."
"The study documents for the first time that divorce and unwed childbearing -- besides being bad for children -- are costing taxpayers a ton of money," said David Blankenhorn, president of the Institute for American Values. -------------------------------------------------------------
As usual, these would-be social engineers can see every aspect of a problem, but its real causes. In this case, the causes are simply (1)the ease with which a woman can divorce a man and the incentives for her to do this, and (2) the related, fully-justified reluctance of men to get married!
The only solution presented was increasing marriage education. Honestly, the way things are going, marriage education (showing all the psychological and financial consequences of divorce) will only reduce even further the marriage rate.
It mentions births out of wedlock above 40%. I read recently that in Sweden it is already close to 60%.
The article is very shallow and it is targeted to people that do not understand the realities of divorce / family law.
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