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Originally Posted by spirit4711  @SG, I think you may over-estimate the cost of marriage to the taxpayers. Compared with other costs it's peanuts, really. Look at marriage law vs all laws together. Divorce lawyers are not paid by the government. The size of the IRS is also not really impacted by the marriage laws I guess.
So is cost the real reason for you or is it something else? |
The judges, additional courthouses paper work, space to hold the hearing, etc are all paid for by the tax payer. There is a huge administrative cost associated to the institution of marriage.
The size of the IRS is due to the enormous complexities of the tax return. I think we should have a flat tax based off of income in tax brackets without itemizations. Marriage is one of several things that add cost to the IRS institution.
FYI:
The United States nation's 10.4 million divorces are estimated to have cost the taxpayers over $30 billion.