Marriage Penalty

Marriage against the State: Toward a New View of Civil Marriage, Cato Policy Analysis No. 671 In his report, Marriage against the State: Toward a New View of Civil Marriage, Jason writes, Although privatizing all aspects of marriage may well be appealing, such an approach would result, at both state and federal levels, in much [...]

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Google recently decided to increase the pay of their homosexual employees to cover a tax on health benefits given to domestic partners. What is this tax? According to the NY Times: Under federal law, employer-provided health benefits for domestic partners are counted as taxable income, if the partner is not considered a dependent. The tax [...]

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