Chuck Grassley: “these are very interesting discussions. I think that for a long, long period of time people at the grassroots of America…”

“these are very interesting discussions. I think that for a long, long period of time people at the grassroots of America have understood there should not be a policy that hurts people who join in bonds of matrimony. Everybody realizes that the strength and foundation of our society is the family. The husband and wife are the strength of our society and the foundation of our society. We have legislation before us that finally will end the penalty against people who marry and get hit with a higher level of taxation rather than two people who aren't married and filing separately making the same amount of income. Basically, we are talking about the issue of fairness--in this case, fairness within the Tax Code; economic fairness for people who are married. For about 30 years, our Tax Code has been penalizing people just because they happen to be married. This is, of course, a perfect example of how broken our Tax Code is, and perhaps is an example that can be given with many other examples of why there ought to be a broader look at greater reform and simplification of the Tax Code. That debate is for another day.”