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Half the men in Seattle are never-married singles, census data shows

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118 points blondie9x | 2 comments | 13 Apr 25 14:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.405s | source
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georgeburdell ◴[13 Apr 25 14:52 UTC] No.43673220[source]▶
I do want to point out that never-married by looking at legal paperwork is a blunt instrument. There are reasons, especially for dual high earners, to not get a marriage license. Examples of tax-related things that don’t double when married;

-Income tax brackets above about $200k

-SALT cap

-Mortgage interest deduction

-HSA contributions (if have children)

-Dependent care FSA contributions

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1. mindslight ◴[13 Apr 25 15:07 UTC] No.43673336[source]▶
- Collapsing two legal entities into effectively one. In the days of the healthcare cartel and other hyperfinancialized shakedowns, this seems like a poor idea. Corpos hire armies of lawyers to create new legal entities so their owners can escape liability. It seems foolish to sign a piece of paper that undermines your main access to that dynamic.
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2. kmeisthax ◴[13 Apr 25 15:42 UTC] No.43673596[source]▶
The Sybil attack reigns supreme!