Is marriage the answer?

Congress is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to encourage marriage. One argument for marriage is that married couples have better incomes than singles raising children.

Guests

• Ron Haskins: Co-director of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings Institution. He also has served as senior advisor to President George W. Bush on welfare issues.
• Lisalyn Jacobs: Vice president for government relations for Legal Momentum (formerly known as the NOW Legal Defense Fund). She worked on the 1996 welfare reform law.

Resources

• About Ron Haskins
• About Lisalyn Jacobs
• Healthy Marriage Initiative
• Continue the discussion about marriage