Reply #22: I agree with you...

[slksln]

in principle.

But I don't see a way to make multiple marriages "fair" (not that that's stopped anyone in the past) under the current system of benefits. Either one or more of the partners would be excluded from the benefits of marriage, or the multiple partners could claim so many exemptions and whatnot that it could be so easily exploited as to sink the government out of more money to groups of people not really committed to each other. The same happens with couples getting married solely for the benefits, but it would become exponential with the possibility of multiple partners.

And I say again the last thing our government needs is (less money and) more debt.