Barbara Cubin: “this is a good day. This is a good day for Americans because we are moving one day closer to eliminating the marriage…”

“this is a good day. This is a good day for Americans because we are moving one day closer to eliminating the marriage tax penalty. It is a good day for working women. I am a working woman. Many working women have a large portion of their salaries eaten up by this unfair tax that is placed upon them only because they are married. Garth Brooks is one of my favorite entertainers of all time. The reason I started liking him was because he sings a song called ``Shameless.'' I cannot help but think of Garth Brooks when I am sitting here listening to this debate today, because it seem to me that the speakers on the other side are shameless. One on the other side said, ``We should not be passing this tax cut because we should be reducing the debt.'' The others are not quite so shameless because they say, ``We should not be passing this tax cut. We know better how to spend your money, so let us spend the money. We will spend it on other programs.'' The truth is, if there is money in Washington, it will be spent. So our choice is not whether or not we pay down the debt or cut taxes. After the President vetoed the $792 billion tax package last year that we passed, within 48 hours every single penny of that was spent.”