Jack Kingston: “Going back again to the middle class soccer moms and dads, one of the taxes that we Republicans are pushing is a $500…”

“Going back again to the middle class soccer moms and dads, one of the taxes that we Republicans are pushing is a $500 per child tax credit. In sophisticated boardrooms, folks do not want that. That is the least popular. However, that is the one that is going to benefit the most people. I support it for that reason. Number two, because it is the biggest cut in the size of the Federal Government. The less money middle class folks send to Washington, the less influence Uncle Sam is going to have on their lives and the less the bureaucracy in Washington is going to be able to grow. What is ironic is that the President of the United States now, instead of giving a $500 per child tax credit to working, let me repeat that, working middle-class taxpayers, he wants to make it a welfare payment to people who are not working enough to pay taxes. In other words, we have got the Jones family over here who is busting their tails working 50 or 60 hours a week, mom, 50, 60 hours a week, dad, and they are in line for a $500 per child tax credit, and we have got some other folks who are working through public assistance type programs but they are not paying taxes. The President wants to give them both a $500 per child tax credit, but the difference is this group right here, they are paying taxes, and the other group is not paying taxes, so it is just a gift to them. It is an expansion of welfare even though the welfare rolls are decreasing.”