re: Freakonomics podcast on marriage and income

Towards the end of the pod, steven asks something like "should government pay folks to get married...?"

Her response was interesting. She said something like "well i think a lot of people would be hesitant to provide financial incentives for people to jump into something like marriage..."

that sounds to me like: It's ok for a single woman to decide to jump into parenthood via adoption or spermbank or whatever, but something as serious as marriage deserves lots of thought before jumping in. makes no sense