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I admit up front that the measuring stick I carry around is the Marriage Meter. Hence I could be justly labeled as singularly focused.
But hear me out.
On the news lately there is a riot of coverage about the presidential campaign. When I listen to cash spent on buying votes I hold it up against the investment our country has or hasn't made in marriage. A few years ago there were grants that seemed ginormous to me, in that they had seven digits. But held up to the number of couples across our vast continent it averages out to the cost of a red balloon each. You might argue that it is not the job of the government to sustain marriage, yet they siphon enormous amounts of money into propping up single parents and children. You may or may not believe me that intact marriage has a pivotal effect on poverty, but people much smarter than me assure me that it does.
I am not the most politically astute person on my short block, in spite of the fact that my mother watched every minute of every campaign as if her life depended on it. But even the most influential candidate is only in office for eight years.
Marriage is designed to last much longer.
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