What has been the reaction of the government to the disturbing Census report?
It has been disgraceful. When Margaret La Montagne, the White House Domestic Policy Advisor to President George W. Bush, was asked during a C-Span interview about her reaction to the report, she replied, “So what?” Her flippant attitude is difficult to understand. Given the national crisis revealed in the findings, one would think the federal government would be trying desperately to support the institution of marriage and do everything possible to restore it to a position of health and vitality. Instead, there has been nothing but a yawn from our leaders. Congress has been shameless in its disregard for the institution of the family. For 32 years, married couples that have poured every resource into raising their children–many of them barely keeping their heads above water in financial terms–have been taxed at a higher rate than those living together without benefit of marriage. And the new tax bill will not offer a single dollar toward eliminating the “marriage penalty tax” for fou
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