Bart Stupak: “the other day I talked to a hard-working woman in my district. Sue has two children under the age of 18. Unfortunately…”

“the other day I talked to a hard-working woman in my district. Sue has two children under the age of 18. Unfortunately, she is divorced and her ex-husband is not too reliable on his child support payments. Sue is a hard-working woman with a full-time job. She made $200 a week on her first job, and then got a better job that paid her $7 an hour, where she grosses $14,500 a year. Every payday Sue pays her State taxes, Federal taxes, and her Social Security, FICA. When she filed her taxes, she received the earned income tax credit. She said the EITC helped her get caught up on her bills. It also in 1 year allowed her to buy tires so she could drive back and forth to work. Sue has never received public assistance. Because Sue received the earned income tax credit, and would receive the $500-per-child credit under the Democratic tax cut plan, Republicans say she is looking for welfare. Republicans say she should not receive the $500-per-child tax credit. Democrats see Sue as a hard-working American, and we will stand with her and her two children and give her the $500-per-child tax credit.”