Heritage Foundation warns America 'dangerously close' to family breakdown point of no return
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Heritage Foundation report argues the American family is in crisis, proposing policy changes including $2,500 newborn investment accounts to reverse trend.
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The report says government policies "should encourage and protect the formation of families, not mere fertility." You can send tips to michael.dorgan@fox.com and follow him on Twitter @M_Dorgan.
"The country should not seek a mere boost in the number of children born or in the monetary support that parents receive, the report says. "Yes, the country needs more children. But it matters how and to whom children are born. Society depends on men and women who want to form families, that is, who freely want to marry, and then freely bear and nurture children."
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