Bob Wise: “I do not know whether he is aware that in the State of Illinois families that were eligible for earned income tax…”

“I do not know whether he is aware that in the State of Illinois families that were eligible for earned income tax credits this year, which he and every Member of his party voted against in last year's reconciliation bill, numbered 599,300. That is a tax cut for working families with children already in effect, and he and every Member of his party, including the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich], voted against it. In my own State of West Virginia, 105,000 working West Virginians now are getting a tax cut as a result of the budget package that was passed and has already been implemented, and while they dangle a $500 tax credit for children in front of people, let the Record show who voted against the tax relief for children of working families in the last bill. I might add in Ohio alone, over 500,000 working families are getting a tax cut right now, working Ohioans, which the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Kasich] voted against. So I think it is important to recognize that this $500 tax credit, which incidentally really does not apply to those under $15,000 a year, so the sons and daughters of 50 of those in the lowest tax bracket will now be paying in years to come to the sons and daughters who enjoyed a tax bracket, those up to $200,000 a year. That is real reform. Then of course they do not talk about the Medicare cuts, pitting grandparents against grandchildren to pay for this.”