the tindog coffeehouse

A new study indicates that divorced and single parents are costing U.S. taxpayers about $112 billion a year.

Scafidi’s calculations were based on the assumption that households headed by a single female have relatively high poverty rates, leading to higher spending on welfare, health care, criminal justice and education for those raised in the disadvantaged homes. The $112 billion estimate includes the cost of federal, state and local government programs, and lost tax revenue at all levels of government.

So it really does take a village to raise a child! (Or at least the village’s taxes.)