Political Quotes

“Or make improvements to the house. Families struggle. The gentleman from Arizona, the point he made about how when you figure out what the amount the marriage tax penalty comes out to, it is real money for real people. You take Jose and Magdalena Castillo of Joliet, Illinois. For the Castillo family, prior to a year ago when the Bush tax cut was signed into law, the Castillo family faced about a $1,150 marriage tax penalty. Thankfully, because of the Marriage Tax Elimination Act, which was combined as part of the Bush tax cut, signed into law, they no longer pay this marriage tax penalty. If we fail to make permanent the marriage tax penalty relief signed into law last year, they once again will have their taxes higher, raised. They will lose that $1,150 back to Uncle Sam. For the Castillo family, in a town like Joliet, in the south suburbs of Chicago, for Jose and Magdalena, $1,150 is several months of car payments, that is 2 to 3 months of child care for little Carolina, that is a significant portion of tuition at Joliet Junior College. The marriage tax penalty is real money for real people like the Castillo family. That is what this is really all about. The marriage tax relief signed into law last year, which currently is temporary, and my hope is this House will vote to make permanent tomorrow, is meaningful to 45 million married working couples, just like Jose and Magdalena Castillo of Joliet, Illinois.”