Heritage Foundation says 'Greatest Weapon' is NOT education
September 7, 2012
by BOB UNRUHE
WND.com
A new study released just this week by The Heritage Foundation reveals
that one factor alone can reduce by 82 percent the probability that a
child lives in poverty – whether Mom and Dad are married to each other.
“Policymakers on the state and national levels recognize that education
reduces poverty, but they’re largely unaware that marriage is an equally
strong anti-poverty weapon,” Robert Rector, senior research fellow in
domestic policy at the Washington-based organization, said of the
results.
The report noted, “As husbands disappear from the home, poverty and
welfare dependence will increase, and children and parents will suffer
as a result. FULL STORY
http://www.wnd.com/2012/09/this-1-factor-could-cut-child-poverty-82/
You may also be interested in-
Why No One Is Married
Ed Truncellito, J.D., September 2000
http://familyrights.us/bin/why_no_one_is_married.htm
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