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Government Can't Save Marriage!

Steve Fair, Stillwater (OK) News Press, 10/3/2015

It is a well-known fact that unstable families and divorce cost taxpayers. According to a [strong]2008 Institute for American Values study,[/strong] increasing family stability by even 1 percent can result in $43 million of savings for Oklahoma state government.[1]

[1. The study referred to here is "The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing: First-Ever Estimates for the Nation and All Fifty States."]

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