Errr .... hate to burst your bubble but of course someone is paying for it - there will be less tax intake because of it - someone will have to make up the difference. Anyway why should someone who gets married pay less tax ? Maybe someone who gets a dog should pay less tax - after all it's just...
Not in the slightest - it's more that the state should have no say in whether marriage is a good thing or bad thing. Our tax laws should be based around income not if you partake in some outdated airy fairy ceremony.
That one isn't quite so straight forward though. Most of us I would hope would never want to see a child suffer because their parents can't afford to properly clothe or feed them. There's a good argument for bringing down the threshold of when child benefit is stopped but it shouldn't be removed...
If that were true ( and it isn't and won't still be after this bribe ) then both partners tax free allowance should be blended into a single tax free allowance so should either party be out of work the other partner can use the unemployed partners allowance.