Lee Terry: “That is the point. The gentleman is correct. That is the point of this, is that we are trusting people with their own…”

“That is the point. The gentleman is correct. That is the point of this, is that we are trusting people with their own money, to make their own decisions about what is best for them and their family. Now, we in Congress, I hear this all the time, ``what have you brought back for the district?'' This is something we get as representatives asked by some of our business leaders or constituents, and sometimes you brag about a bridge or helping with the bridge. But there is no better appropriation, there is no better gift that we can give our constituents, than their own money, letting them keep their own hard-earned dollars. Let us go back to one of the things we talked about at the beginning here. This marriage penalty hits hardest the lower and middle income families, those that earn on an average, a single income, combined, $20,000 to $70,000. That is who is paying the burden and brunt of the marriage penalty. These are hard-working Americans that we are talking about. You are taking a vote so they can keep $82 million of their own money. I just cannot imagine what that would do for your economy. I just jotted down a few notes of what it would do for an average Nebraska family. Remember, these are couples who are both working. Sometimes when we talk in an esoteric or academic way about the marriage tax penalty, we leave out that both parents are working. Both parents are working. So, how about some good quality time?…”