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<p>Is it possible “they” want people to pick mates carefully, get married, and stay married? Not saying it’s fair or effective, just that that might be the policy.</p>
<p>There are similar policy reasons behind the home equity exclusion and IRA/401k exclusions. They want to encourage people to do certain things, so advantages are built into the FAFSA formulae.</p>