Friday, June 17, 2011

The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers

The Cost to Taxpayers of Missing Fathers: With Father's Day coming up, we should ponder the sad plight of the 20 million American children who are growing up without their fathers in the home. Last year, the U.S. illegitimacy rate had grown to 41 percent, and among whites it was 29 percent.

Prior to Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty, husbands and fathers provided for their families. The 1.7 million out-of-wedlock babies born last year and their unmarried moms now look to Big Brother as their financial provider.

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