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As NBC News reports, the Heritage Foundation is pushing the White House to pass initiatives to financially reward newlyweds, create deeper tax incentives for married couples, discourage online dating — paradoxically, it would seem — and even start opening government-run “marriage bootcamps.”

According to the Heritage Foundation’s framework, called “Saving America by Saving the Family,” the camps would serve as reeducation centers for unmarried couples

I smell a grift. Anywho, there was some similar wastes of money under Dubya. There’s a very simple correlation when it comes to marriage: people with better economic indicators are more likely to be married than people with economic insecurity. So improve people’s economic wellbeing and we’ll see more marriages. Of course, the Heritage Foundation’s concern for America’s moral status goes out the window the moment that concern threatens ’s bottom line.