Among celebrities like Rosie O Donnell and Madonna, raising children without a father in the house has become almost fashionable. What encourages this social trend, of course, is government acting en loco paternis . Big Brother will be there to provide cash, housing, and daycare when an unreliable, immature male like Bill Clinton won t be. Government and its safety net makes putting up with a husband unnecessary. Paternalistic government will assume the provider role of the father.
Women thus have reassurance that marriage is unnecessary.
They need never wed at all, nor need they try to keep a marriage together if a spouse loses his luster. Their real spouse is the state, as symbolized by Bill Clinton and Al Gore. Such incentives have consequences. Since reform, such a child may be the only sure way to remain on the welfare rolls at all. Clinton-Gore thus increased the incentive for illegitimacy, for breeding to keep welfare bucks coming.