[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by White Doors

Now, you can marry your room-mate in university to get better tax incentives. I think we can all see how that can take some 'meaning' out of it.

You could always do that before, you just had to find a chick who was willing to do it.

I really don't care eitehr way, but that arguement is just stupid, if someone wants to get married just so they can get a tax break then they are going to do it no matter if they have to marry a man or a woman.

Besides, it's not as though once you get married your income taxes all of a sudden drop by 10%. As far as I know the only real tax benefit you get is that you can claim your spouse as a dependant, so it only works for one of you, and if you both have jobs, it doesn't really work for either.