Sam Gibbons: “this Congress has an historic and exciting opportunity to do something it should have done a long time ago, abolish the…”

“this Congress has an historic and exciting opportunity to do something it should have done a long time ago, abolish the marriage tax penalty. Many young couples are surprised to learn that government actually penalizes people for getting married; yes, an average of $1,400 per year for middle class income earners. People have long known that government does not do a lot of smart things. In fact, it does a lot of dumb things. Even liberals have to admit that government has thousands of stupid regulations, programs that actually make things worse instead of better, and inefficiencies that seem to be immune from reform. But the marriage tax penalty is just plain wrong. It stands as an ugly symbol of everything that is wrong about government that has gotten too big, too arrogant, and too out of touch with what it is like for an average person who struggles every day to get ahead, to make ends meet, to build a better life for themselves and their families. Why does the government make it so much harder for people who want to get married? I urge Members on both sides of the aisle to do what is right to correct this wrong.”