Political Quotes

“why is enactment of the Marriage Tax Elimination Act so important? Do Americans feel that it is fair that our tax code imposes a higher tax penalty on marriage? Do Americans feel that it is fair that 21 million American married working couples pay $1,400 more in taxes than an identical couple with identical incomes living together outside a marriage? Do Americans feel that it is right that our tax code actually provides an incentive to get divorced? Of course not. The marriage tax penalty is unfair and it is wrong. The marriage tax penalty results when you have two individuals who choose to marry and their combined income, when they file jointly, pushes them into a higher tax bracket. Twenty-one million married working couples pay this tax penalty, on average $1,400 a year. And on the south side of Chicago and the south suburbs I represent, that is 1 year's tuition at a local community college; that is 3 months' worth of day care at a local child care center. The Marriage Tax Elimination Act now has 238 bipartisan sponsors and would immediately eliminate the marriage tax penalty. The marriage tax penalty is unfair, it is wrong. Let us eliminate it and let us eliminate it now.”