Jack Kingston: “I do not think we even need to debate this, and the liberal Democrats would even admit that the marriage tax penalty is…”

“I do not think we even need to debate this, and the liberal Democrats would even admit that the marriage tax penalty is unfair because in essence you cannot carry your tax deduction with you. When you walk down the aisle, leave your deduction outside the church because you are fixing to lose it, as we would say. The issue, I think, that is underlying this, and I think you have covered the substance of the bill pretty well, is just the fact that the liberals, particularly those on the other side of the Capitol, and this is a bicameral body, this legislative body. It is very similar to the Georgia legislature where we had a House and we had a Senate. This is a similar institution. When the House passed something, the Senate would pass something or the Senate would amend it. In this case we have got a body who hates tax reductions. Period. Fairness does not matter, all that matters is income, so they can go out and spend more money. I always say that if I was walking down the street with two of the liberal Democrats from Washington and I had $15 in my pocket and they did not have any, the two of them would vote on who was going to pay for lunch and it would end up being me, and in their view that is fair.”