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There remain, of course, a few social problems that really have gotten worse in the last few years, and Bennett, of course, eagerly cites them: a rising percentage of births to unwed mothers, rising marijuana consumption by high-school seniors, a growing and possibly indiscriminate tendency for doctors to prescribe Ritalin to children suspected of suffering from attention deficit disorder.
Both groups talk up abstract virtues like honor, commitment, and thrift, but conservatives then propose specific policies that put into law their moral and religious preferences in order to deal with all sorts of issues: unwed mothers, absent fathers, unruly schoolchildren, gay lovers, and so on.
Other programs--Medicaid, Food Stamps, housing aid, special feeding and educational programs for unwed teens, and so on--certainly provided additional inducements for unguarded sexuality.
If only one partner in a same-sex marriage had substantial earnings, the couple would realize a much higher rate of return on that partner's Social Security taxes than they would have if unwed or earning comparable incomes.
The notion that blacks cleave to Clinton because he does the pimp walk, eats fried chicken, and reminds them of unwed motherhood trades on noxious racial stereotypes and implies that African-Americans lack the ability to make rational political decisions.