On the recordMarch 3, 2011
Understand the dimensions of how big the burden is that they want to shift to working families: According to their own report on this bill, the total is almost $25 billion over the next decade. We're not talking about a small amount of money. We're talking about a significant amount of money in this Republican penalty on success. Why haven't they been out here responding to this penalty on success? They want to refer to these people as ``cheats.'' These people aren't cheats. They're people who are the best of America, who are striving and working to get ahead, who then get penalized for their success. They have no answer because there is no answer. We should have passed this bill last year and passed it by paying for it by closing international corporate tax loopholes. Naturally they resist that just as they resist any attempt to control insurance monopolies. Vote ``no'' on this penalty for success that would be imposed on our working families. Vote against this piece of legislation.
