John Thune: “This is a huge issue for the American people, and one which just is so fundamentally unfair. I cannot imagine how we…”

“This is a huge issue for the American people, and one which just is so fundamentally unfair. I cannot imagine how we ever got in our Tax Code to the point where we penalize people for being married... For the benefit and privilege of being married, it is going to cost him an additional $1,953 this year. This is a young gentleman who is trying to make ends meet. He and his wife are both working, raising two children; and because of the marriage penalty in the tax code as it exists today, he is going to be assessed an additional $1,953. I think that is outrageous.”