Mark Kennedy: “I do not understand why we tax marriage. We as a Congress, we as a government, we as a people should be working to…”

“I do not understand why we tax marriage. We as a Congress, we as a government, we as a people should be working to strengthen marriage, to strengthen families. Families are the foundation really for the strength of our country. We should do all we can to bolster it. When we charge married couples an average of $1,400 more just for being married, we are discouraging them from getting married. This makes no sense. They should not get that extra gift from Uncle Sam when they say ``I do.'' Something that makes this very personal to me is when I think about my son or daughter coming to me in a few years, maybe after this 10-year period, so I have to get this permanent, and saying, ``Dad, you've taught us well. You've taught us how to look at the numbers really well and we have noticed that it is going to cost us $1,000, $2,000, $3,000 more to be married.”