Ron Johnson: “I want to talk about real people, Mr. Speaker. Real people want tax relief. Real people want to target tax cuts to…”

“I want to talk about real people, Mr. Speaker. Real people want tax relief. Real people want to target tax cuts to families who get up every morning and go to work and pay their bills. Real people want to target tax cuts to students so they can pay for the college or vocational training, and real people want to target tax cuts for farm families and small business owners. These Republican tax cuts are like those aliens in Roswell, NM. Real people will never see them. It is just wrong to have two-thirds of the tax cuts go to families earning $100,000 or more. The bulk of the tax cuts should go to the hardworking middle-income real families in America. The original bipartisan balanced budget agreement called for the $1,500 tax credit for college tuition. Let me give you a real-people example. The student at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College currently pays $1,600 in tuition. Under the Republican tax bill, he or she would save half the amount. Under the bipartisan tax plan, the student would save the full $1,500. It is real savings for real people.”