James Lankford actually said...

"We still have areas, in Federal tax law--in means testing and such--where there are marriage penalties."

"Do you think it is because they want a big sample and want to show a large statistic, rather than trying to look at one area and say that it was successful?"

"Social Security Disability Insurance goes in the other direction. If you are on SSDI and you go into marriage, then there is a penalty on that."

"It seems to me that the research community should make their protocols fit the reality of the people, rather than requiring the people to meet their criteria and protocols."