What if Obama isn't so smart?

[Soul Crusher]

Get rid of them....that's why people get married anyway....

You cant get rid of probate laws. 

[Deicide]

Not quite. That certainly wasn't the reason I got hitched. It just comes with the territory.

Good, then you would be happy to give up your government freebees since that was not the reason to begin with.

[loco]

Good, then you would be happy to give up your government freebees since that was not the reason to begin with.

I thought in the USA married people paid more taxes than single people, and married moms got no government benefits while single moms did.

[MCWAY]

Good, then you would be happy to give up your government freebees since that was not the reason to begin with.

What "freebies"? There are no such things. All the government is doing is returning a portion of what was MINE and what belonged to my wife, in the first place.

[Deicide]

What "freebies"? There are no such things. All the government is doing is returning a portion of what was MINE and what belonged to my wife, in the first place.

I don't think married people should get extras that unmarried folk don't. It's just welfare.

[Kazan]

I don't think married people should get extras that unmarried folk don't. It's just welfare.

How are they getting anything? Are you under the impression that all the money belongs to the government? And that we should be damn glad they let us keep as much as they do?

[Deicide]

How are they getting anything? Are you under the impression that all the money belongs to the government? And that we should be damn glad they let us keep as much as they do?

No, I just don't think people should be privileged because they are married.

[Dos Equis]

No, I just don't think people should be privileged because they are married.

I have no problem with the government encouraging marriage.  It's one of the foundations of our society.