Posts Tagged ‘gay marriage and the budget’

Recognizing gay marriage would reduce, yes reduce, federal spending by about $500 million/year. While that’s just two-hundredths-of-one-percent of annual federal spending, it helps. Spending will fall because generally fewer married couples qualify for (means-tested) entitlements such as welfare, Medicaid, Medicare, and SSI. Moreover, added revenue from the “marriage penalty” more than offsets all increases in…