"the failure of government efforts to affect or slow down negative developments has left an opening for conservatives to argue that government interventions mak

"the failure of government efforts to affect or slow down negative developments has left an opening for conservatives to argue that government interventions make things worse." Why does the author dismiss the possibility that the argument has at least some truth to it? For a variety of reasons, some which are due to government policy, the necessity of marriage has reduced dramatically. That's good in many ways, such as reducing abusive situations. But it also means that people who could get married peacefully choose not to, to the detriment of their children.