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OCR Page 1 of 55W-GOP-RADIO WELLER sked
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January 17, 1998
RADIO ADDRESS
JERRY WELLER
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE (R-IL)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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REPUBLICAN RESPONSE TO THE PRESIDENT'S RADIO ADDRESS
JANUARY 17, 1998
SPEAKER: U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JERRY WELLER (R-IL)
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WELLER: Hello. I'm Congressman Jerry Weller of Illinois with a special
message for America's working married couples.
In 10 days time, President Clinton will give his State of the Union
Address outlining many of the things he wants to do with the budget surplus - -
a surplus provided by the Republican Congress which cut waste, put America's
fiscal house in order, and held the president's feet to the fire to balance
the budget.
While President Clinton will no doubt parade a long list of new spending
proposals, without mentioning the accompanying increase in bureaucracy and red
tape, we Republicans believe instead that the budget surplus ought to be
returned to America's families as an additional middle-class tax relief.
We should start by eliminating the marriage tax penalty affecting 21
million married working couples.
This Republican Congress has given more tax relief to the middle class and
working poor than any Congress of the last half century.
Reforming the IRS, changing our tax code and eliminating the marriage
penalty are among top priorities of this Congress.
I'm asking you to consider the following questions. Do Americans feel it's
fair that our tax code imposes a higher tax penalty on marriage? Do Americans
feel it's fair that the average married working couple pays almost $1,400 more
in taxes than a couple with almost identical income living together outside of
marriage. Is it right that our tax code provides an incentive to get divorced?
Since 1969, our tax laws have punished married couples when both spouses
work. For no other reason than the decision to be joined in holy matrimony,
more than 21 million couples a year are penalized. They pay more in taxes than
they would if they were single. Not only is the marriage penalty unfair, it's
immoral that our tax code punishes society's most basic institution. The
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