Americans who graduate high school, start working, get married, and have children—in that order—are significantly less likely to fall into poverty than others. dailysign.al/32inTJ1 via @RepTedBudd @DailySignal
@RepTedBudd @DailySignal Americans who graduate high school, start working, get married, and have children—in that order—are significantly less likely to fall into poverty than others. These four core life choices, when sequenced together, provide the best path to a prosperous future.
@RepTedBudd @DailySignal This “the success sequence,” is the key to both financial and general life success. Studies show that 97% of young adults who follow this sequence are more likely to work their way into the middle- or upper-income tiers by the time they reach their late 20s or 30s.
@RepTedBudd @DailySignal In particular, tying the knot before having children offers the most benefits. In their study on the “success sequence,” Wilcox, and Wang, found that 95% of millennials who married before having children had higher family incomes than millennials who had children before marriage.
@RepTedBudd @DailySignal Children from two-parent families are also more likely to enjoy financial security than children from single-parent families. Recent research suggests that the increase in child poverty between the 1970s and the 1990s was a direct result of “the decline of stable marriage”
@RepTedBudd @DailySignal The tax code should not financially stand in the way of two people getting married. Strong families are the building blocks of strong nations and Congress should do more to remove existing barriers so that marriage is easier for more Americans.
