I would expect that the social or economic conditions which lead to out-of-wedlock pregnancies and early divorces are probably the same ones that lead to people on the dole. You don't have to be a Republican to resent paying the extra taxes to support these victims, but perhaps Republicans are less inclined to see them as victims of social and economic conditions and prefer instead to view them as individuals who have brought these troubles upon themselves and deserve no assistance.
Of course, the bad conditions don't necessarily lead to those unfortunate results, any more than good conditions guarantee they won't happen. And it goes without saying that some people are intrinsically no damned good. But the correlation between the two cannot be denied, and it is the children that suffer most, regardless of who or what is at fault. As a Democrat, I'm inclined to support the tax.
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