I thank the gentleman from Indiana for coming and joining us on the floor tonight. Mr. Speaker, as we said, there are people across the country who are joining the conversation about making life work. They're sending tweets with #makinglifework. In fact, we're hearing from people who are indeed talking about tax reform on this very issue, talking about what it means to work under a Tax Code that can be pro-job creation, that can actually lift the burden on American families by creating a fairer, flatter system. And so whether you're a small business who's just getting started, or you're a small business that's been around for a while, the fact is the more the burden that you pay from the government, whether it's a higher income tax, or you're a subchapter S, and you're paying at the individual level, that's less money that you get to spend investing into job creation, into expanding your employees, the number of people you have working for you, the salaries that you can provide for them, the insurance, the benefits that you can provide. {time} 2030 And so, really, tonight's discussion about making life work is what we're doing to create a fair system that looks out for everyone and that looks out for people who are making minimum wage so that they won't be making minimum wage for long.…
On the recordApril 23, 2013
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