The impact of welfare spending on family breakdown is overstated, in my opinion.
I would bet that the adoption of mandatory child support payments is bigger both in terms of dollars and in terms of impact. However welfare undeniably has an impact. The attractive man with charisma but no job skills wouldn't be a good provider whether in a marriage or as a payer of child support. But with the government welfare as a backstop, he too can be a candidate for paternity. There are women who think like this of all races, but most women do not think like this.

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