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Originally posted by notcasesensitive
Also if there is any reason why government (or even some private) benefits are being handed out, like in the case of 9/11 (an extreme example, I know), cohabitators were not considered to be family. Just spouses. Not fiancees either.
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Not to mention the higher transaction costs of acquiring all manners of insurance (especially health), structuring assets to pass as we would want, etc.
I'd take the higher effective tax rate and save the rest of the costs of cohabitation.
Even(not married)Odds