where i dont think it's a political issue

well er, if they have a fancy party where they confess their love for each other, then I won't stop them

if they want to sign some contract joining their resources, then why not

sure if they want to pay the more taxes you get from beein married. and let the church deside if they want to do that crap, dont force them

Well there should be no tax difference between being married or unmarried

i just want the government out of virtually everything

people should not be able to push their personal agendas like that

Even if I agree that taxation must exist, it's not to be used to encourage behaviours

agreed

at least where I live, getting married makes your taxed rise as they will combine the income of the household, it a stupid system

the only government involvement might be in ensuring the contract is abided by

yup

basically just the military and the courts, and maybe some other things but i'm not sure

so basically to send police when one partner steals all the money

Well I believe the main job of the government is contract enforcement and property protection

but even that last one can be done by me owning a gun

agreed

entitlement programs were the worst thing that ever happened to this country imo

what do you mean?

like welfare?

basically

Wealth distribution is definitely not the government's job

or anyone's job

maybe a private charity

i recently saw an interesting thing about it, that it actually started with the war of 1812 with veterans getting pensions, iirc, and same with the civil war. but what ended up happening was that the eligibility for the pension kept increasing because the people that were just on the edge of the cutoff complained. so it kept expanding. that's what happens, it grows and grows.

I'm a cute ancap pony, now

there is a lady that is still getting a pension from like the civil war or something

Oo

her grandpa was like 80 and married a 20 year old, and then she got the pension when he died, and then her daughter got it after she died

i can link the thing if you are interested

nah, I believe you

that's bullshit

I think welfare got to it's worst point under LBJ

black people can blame him for all the problems black people face these days

yeah, don't forget about FDR though

oh he was a piece of shit too

Turned the 1930 recession into one of our worst depressions in history

Dont forget about Wilson

@DanConway ww1 guy?

yeah he was a cunt too