Originally Posted by aceventura3

Sorry, but I need to add one more thing, thinking about unintended consequences.

One of the reasons the out-of-wedlock birth rate is so high is because of arbitrary cut-offs like this. If the man has a good job paying over $28,000, it would be in his and her interests not to get married and incur the costs, but to have her go through the the government subsidized care saving about $8k. People are not dumb. And, I don't suggest we don't help people, but some programs are set up to make people act in dishonest way and have negative consequences. Once the guy knows the government is going to do his job, his connection gets weakened.