Politics: gay marriage save us all money?
At worst, a nice dream.
San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrerra argues in favor of same sex marriage that the unions could add 10-20 million to the city's budget:
 Most of the  estimated savings would come from having lower public health costs, including  visits to city hospitals and health clinics. That's because same-sex couples are  much more likely to be uninsured than married couples, according to recent studies  by the U.S. Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics. If same-sex  couples were allowed to marry, Harrington reasoned, more of them would qualify  for spousal health benefits. The remaining increase to the city budget  would come from additional fees for city services, sales tax revenues from the  expected surge in weddings and honeymoon visits, and hotel tax revenues from nonresident  weddings. 
 I'll remain pleasantly skeptical, but I'd like to see some number crunching on this stuff to see if it could be true.
 
 


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