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Sam Brownback: “Last week when we put forward this notion of doing away with the marriage penalty, one of my Democrat colleagues said…”

On the recordJuly 21, 1998
Last week when we put forward this notion of doing away with the marriage penalty, one of my Democrat colleagues said, ``I would be willing to do that if you offset it by doing away with the marriage bonus.'' He raised the question of the marriage bonus in the Tax Code. I told him I am not about raising taxes. But I wonder if the Senator has thought about this issue. Is there a marriage bonus that is in the Tax Code? Is that something that should be addressed?
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Sam Brownback
Republican · Kansas

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the marriage penalty and bonus in the Tax Code during a floor speech.

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