Social Security, Medicare, and FICA all get a piece of our paychecks. Gas taxes, property taxes, utility taxes, and sales taxes take more once we cash that check. Mortgage payments, car payments and grocery bills seem to take what's left. Sometimes it seems like you're working for everyone else and paying yourself last or not at all. That's why Republicans in Congress are working to make sure you keep more of what you earn, so you don't have to work even harder just to keep your head above water.
Republicans believe it's unfair to tax people just because they're married.
In essence, the federal tax code punishes millions of married couples by pushing them into higher tax brackets. The marriage penalty taxes the income of the family's second wage earner at a much higher rate than if the salary were taxed only as an individual. Earlier this year both the House and the Senate voted to repeal the marriage penalty tax. President Clinton vetoed that effort, but we aren't giving up. We're going to work to override that veto and eliminate this unfair tax on married couples, and allow Ohioans to keep the extra money each year from their paychecks.