Bush Administration on Roll Against Living in Sin
By AAN Staff
may 1, 2002 11:17 am
With President Bush's proposed marriage initiative, Uncle Sam turns matchmaker. But does
government-sponsored marriage support actually work? Chisun Lee reports in The Village Voice on the politics behind the
programs, and Sharon Lerner shows how they fall short of reducing poverty. Plus: profiles of five unmarried
women -- potential "targets." The plan is the brainchild of the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector, "who derides 'the underclass' as criminal,
oversexed, and lazy, makes a feint at remedying such 'dysfunctional
behavior,'" Lee writes.