Political Quotes

“today I wanted to stand up and rise and speak towards an issue which deserves bipartisan support. That is the issue of eliminating the marriage tax penalty. I believe that the best way to frame the issue of the marriage tax penalty is to ask some very simple questions: Do Americans feel that it is fair that a married couple with two incomes who both work pay higher taxes under our Tax Code? Do Americans feel that it is fair that a married working couple, two incomes, pays higher taxes than an identical couple who choose to live together outside of marriage? That is just not unfair, Mr. Speaker, that is wrong. On average, 21 million married working couples pay an average of $1,400 more in taxes under our Tax Code today just because they are married. Here in Washington that is a drop in the bucket. Back in the south suburbs of Chicago, $1,400 is a lot of money for the average of those 21 million married working couples: down payment on a car and a home, a year's tuition in a local community college. Let us work together in a bipartisan way and eliminate the marriage tax penalty.”