On the recordSeptember 23, 2010
Well, my friend from Iowa poses a wonderful question, and to make such a judgment call as to the motive, what was the intent here of those now who are saying, you know what, we are going to probably extend the current tax rates. As a judge for a decade, what you would do is you would look at the evidence. And the evidence in this situation is that for 3 rac{1}{2} years our Democratic friends across the aisle have had the majority, and they have not lifted a finger to try to do anything about the massive tax increase that is going to hammer small business, hammer families. I don't know why anybody who considers themselves homosexual would want to get married because you are going to get hammered with a marriage penalty. Anybody who is married is going to get hammered with a marriage penalty because the Federal Government, and it has gone through administrations of both kinds, Republicans and Democrats, and it has not been finally eliminated, as it should have been, but married people will get hammered. And small businesses will get hammered. So we figure it is only right now when there is a massive hue and cry, millions and millions of people have taken to the streets, have come to Washington, come to St. Louis, come from across the country to tea parties saying we demand tax relief, that now all of a sudden right before the election, all of a sudden there is the feeling, you know what, don't worry, we will deal with this tax increase after the election.
