The moving finger rants

I'm not sure I buy that line of argument (or at least the implication that it's necessarily a bad thing in the context we're discussing) given that we're talking about an incentive here. An incentive to marry and have children would be expected to increase rates of marriage which might mean that single parents who have gone through a separation or divorce are better supported through alimony. I certainly think it's better than a drift towards alimony rights for cohabiting couples, which would be rather too much state interference for my taste.