The Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2000 passed the House today by a 265 to 159 vote. In 1993, the Clinton-Gore Administration pushed through Congress a 35 percent tax increase on Social Security benefits in order to finance debt reduction. Vice President Gore cast the deciding vote in what was considered a controversial piece of legislation. Thanks to a healthy economy and Republican fiscal discipline to balance the budget for the second year in the row, today the federal government is running a surplus. It s time to give South Dakota seniors a break and repeal this unfair tax.
Seniors have enough to worry about.
It s hard enough to pay the bills without having the federal government tax Social Security benefits. Let s make life easier for our seniors.