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Reason
Elizabeth Nolan Brown

Conservatives Want the Government To Pay Americans To Get Married and Have Kids

Cohabiting couples with children are sought for a "marriage bootcamp," ads on radio and social media would announce. If they make it through, they'd have a communal wedding at camp's end and be matched with a mentor couple to help the bond stick. They'd even be paid $5,000 on their wedding day to help encourage family formation.

While the above scenario sounds like a marriage-minded reality TV series, it's actually an idea from "Saving America by Saving the Family: A Foundation for the Next 250 Years," a report put out by the Heritage Foundation on January 8.

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