Jim Nussle: “Targeted tax cuts, that is what the Democrats are offering here today. Targeted tax cuts. Here is the target, folks…”

“Targeted tax cuts, that is what the Democrats are offering here today. Targeted tax cuts. Here is the target, folks, right here, target, zero. That is the target. They hit it as they have every year that they were in power. Every year that they controlled this House of Representatives, they came up with a zero with regard to reducing taxes. No, taxes went up during their control. Taxes are going down under Republican control. That is why we are here today to talk about tax fairness, to talk about a time in our history where we have finally balanced the budget, where we have finally started to reduce the national debt, where we have finally taken the Social Security Trust Fund away from the big spenders. We have an opportunity today to find one small area of the Tax Code and say, for the 300,000 married couples in Iowa, as an example, it is time to put fairness into the Tax Code. What do the Democrats say? We would like to, but. Well, 'We would like to cut taxes but' sounds a lot like we would like to reform welfare but, and voted against it.”