It just goes to show that state involvement generally destroys everything it touches. This is a benefit as far as the military goes, because we want to destroy whatever we touch. ;-)
When the state tries to meddle with the individual building blocks of society, it invariably creates dependency, unfairness and ruin. Worse, it creates the perception that doling out candy is the role of the government, which makes citizens swing at it like kids chasing a pinata. They all try and hit it harder and harder, getting more and more goodies to drop. Which has led us to where we are now.
Go Army!
When the state tries to meddle with the individual building blocks of society, it invariably creates dependency, unfairness and ruin. Worse, it creates the perception that doling out candy is the role of the government, which makes citizens swing at it like kids chasing a pinata. They all try and hit it harder and harder, getting more and more goodies to drop. Which has led us to where we are now.
The state is inextricably bound in marriage law. How to you propose to untie that knot? And is it a good idea to untie that knot? The destruction of the urban family by Great Society programs would seem to be undenaible testimony that the state has an interest in encouraging marriage to promote individual responsibility and liberty for those who are bound by tax law to support the progeny of those who forsake marriage and family.
Do you honestly think that America will dissolve the welfare state? Because without doing that unentangling the state from marriage is the same pipe dream that open border Libertarianism congruent with a welfare state is. Insane.