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disincentive
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Creating incentives for stable two-parent families and disincentives for single-parent families will require some political courage, the lack of which is profoundly salient in Maryland.—
Ellen Sauerbrey,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Aug. 2025 -
This creates artificial incentives and disincentives that seem random at best.—
Martin Shenkman,
Forbes.com,
6 July 2025
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“Counterincentive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/counterincentive. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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