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A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« on: February 19, 2014, 06:27:50 PM »
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-02-18/worsening-u-s-divorce-rate-points-to-improving-economy.html

You can finally afford to say 'blank you and the horse you rode in on' and file the papers!
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2014, 07:23:51 PM »
Birth rates and divorce rates are increasing -- what about the marriage rate?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/us-marriage-rates-keep-declining-13-07-31/

Why is this, and what impact will it have if these trends continue?
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2014, 12:06:13 AM »
 ??? I thought financial woes were a leading cause for divorce.
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2014, 12:23:30 AM »
Quote from: fistful on February 20, 2014, 12:06:13 AM
??? I thought financial woes were a leading cause for divorce.

Hmmmmm.    I thought divorce was a leading cause of financial woes ...... [tinfoil]
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2014, 12:37:04 AM »
Quote from: TommyGunn on February 20, 2014, 12:23:30 AM
Hmmmmm.    I thought divorce was a leading cause of financial woes ...... [tinfoil]

There is that...
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2014, 02:02:31 AM »
Supposedly there were lots of sob stories about couples that wanted to divorce but couldn't afford the lawyer/court costs due to the poor state of their economy.  Now that they're a bit better off, off to divorce court they go, so that they can re-ruin themselves.
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2014, 09:12:51 AM »
What about the magical impact of Obamacare, with spouses no longer shackled to the corpse of their union in order to maintain dependent benefits?
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #7 on: February 20, 2014, 09:53:20 AM »
From my reading about this in the legal journals, it is more like jointly-owned homes are coming out from underwater on the mortgage, jobs are more secure and people feel more able to afford setting up separate households.
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #8 on: February 20, 2014, 10:24:55 AM »
Let's not forget the lawyer glut is driving down rates.
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #9 on: February 20, 2014, 02:30:36 PM »
Quote from: Nick1911 on February 19, 2014, 07:23:51 PM
Birth rates and divorce rates are increasing -- what about the marriage rate?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/us-marriage-rates-keep-declining-13-07-31/

Why is this, and what impact will it have if these trends continue?

I'm of the opinion that there's less marriage because people are wising up.  The impact is an increase in happiness and stronger relationships.
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2014, 02:31:33 PM »
Quote from: fifth_column on February 20, 2014, 02:30:36 PM
The impact is an increase in happiness and stronger relationships.

Do you have any data to support this claim?
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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2014, 02:34:09 PM »
Quote from: makattak on February 20, 2014, 02:31:33 PM
Do you have any data to support this claim?

Only anecdotal . . .

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Re: A marker for the improving economy: divorce rates are up!
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2014, 03:22:05 PM »
Quote from: SADShooter on February 20, 2014, 09:12:51 AM
What about the magical impact of Obamacare, with spouses no longer shackled to the corpse of their union in order to maintain dependent benefits?

 ACA doubles A and B's insurance costs. A and B can't afford it.  Partner A has a $$$ chronic illness. Partner B brings in lot of the money. Divorce drops partner A's income  below the subsidy line so A gets coverage for cheap.  A still lives with B. 

 Sounds workable to me. 
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