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Originally Posted by ElsaMars
There are more economic advantages to being married than unmarried. There is no governmental war on married people. It costs more to live as a single person than a married person. Why? Because if people are smart they can make their money go farther once they join forces with someone else. How? Well to give just a few tiny examples....if you live alone and pay rent, then get married does your rent double? No, it stays the same. You can buy food in bulk and save too. In the US for instance, if you buy 2 gallons of milk it's only slightly more expensive than one, not double the cost. A single person cannot usually drink 2 gallons without it going bad but a couple or family easily can. It's much easier to get assistance as a single person with kids than a couple and has been this way my entire life (42 plus years). Often if you are receiving assistance in the US, you cannot have 2 working adults even living in the same home. I have married friends who have considered getting a divorce just so they could get the advantages those greedy singles have. This is fraud. For some it's more advantageous to stay single while for others it's more advantageous to be married. People would be best to know the laws as it applies to them before making a decision. Nobody is forcing anyone to be single or married.
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I am 43 Elsa and I stand behind everything I said as first and knowledge. From having to live in shelters and finding my way out single, to getting back on my feet then marry just to crash financially. Was it because I was stupid? Hmm. Let's ponder that. Me and my husband lived together almost 3 years before we married. Our incomes remained exactly the same bc both of us have been on disability close to 10 years. We have been balancing our income fairly decent. Had enough to be able to handle emergencies if or when they came up, etc. Then we marry bc we decide we want to make this an official "forever" love, a promise to each other, not to society. All the sudden the little bit of help we were receiving (assistance on paying monthly insurance premium) disappears. That may not seem like a lot. In reality, it is $109 taken from each of our paychecks. So.. that's $218 less a month. Basically half a month's rent - just bc we married. Don't believe me? Call the NC SSA. Those were the words right out of their mouth.
No it has not always been this way.
You preach about how it's cheaper to pay rent, yep you're right, but... your food bill goes up, your water bill goes up, your electric bill goes up, if you have cable or satellite or internet that too may go up. There are other things that either increase payment or decrease pay out not just because of usage but because if you have them you are required to inform them of any personal changes including marriage and the second you report you are married...it penializes you.
I am interested to know, have you ever used any assistance programs and if so when the last time you did so was ... or are you simply relying on written information (which is cleverly worded to disguise it's corruption)?