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In reply to the discussion: Rick Santorum To Join World Net Daily As ‘Exclusive Columnist’ [View all]Aristus
(66,352 posts)9. "Marriage incentives."
Caesar Augustus tried that 2,000 years ago, and it was a miserable failure.
Subsequent emperors periodically went the other way, and tried to prohibit marriage for military-age males, to encourage them to join the legions. That didn't go over too well, either.
I always thought these 'pro-family' conservatives were opposed to government interference in the lives of citizens...
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My "H" and "A" keys just wouldn't survive the response I want to give n/t
broadcaster75201
Dec 2012
#11
First thought - he's gonna take yellow journalism a step further - to brown... n/t
woodsprite
Dec 2012
#25