Political Quotes

“why is it so important that we pass the Marriage Tax Elimination Act of 1998? I think a series of questions best illustrates why. Do Americans feel that it is fair that the average working married couple pays higher taxes just because they are married? Do Americans feel that it is fair that 21 million married working couples pay on the average $1,400 more just because they are married? Do Americans feel that it is right that our Tax Code actually provides an incentive to get divorced? Of course not. Americans recognize that the marriage tax penalty is unfair. Twenty-one million married working couples pay on the average $1,400 more just because they are married. That is real money for real people. One year's tuition at Joliet Junior College in the south suburbs of Chicago equals $1,400. Fourteen hundred dollars is 3 months of child care at a local day care center in Joliet as well. That is real money for real people. Let us make elimination of the marriage tax penalty our number one priority in this year's budget. Let us eliminate the marriage tax penalty. Let us eliminate it now. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to highlight what is arguably the most unfair provision in the U.S. tax code: the marriage tax penalty.”