A billion here
| June 23rd, 2004Now this is interesting. Evidently, same-sex marriage would result in only a small amount of savings for the federal government. But you know what they say, “A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you’re talking real money!”
From The Congressional Budget Office:
In some cases, recognizing same-sex marriages would increase outlays and revenues; in other cases, it would have the opposite effect. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that on net, those impacts would improve the budget’s bottom line to a small extent: by less than $1 billion in each of the next 10 years (CBO’s usual estimating period). That result assumes that same-sex marriages are legalized in all 50 states and recognized by the federal government.
I can’t say this is the main advantage to legalizing SSM, and I’d still be for SSM if it cost us a bit. Still, it’s nice to see another perk.
