[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 129 (Thursday, September 24, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H8536-H8537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 THE 90-10 PLAN SAVES SOCIAL SECURITY AND ENDS THE MARRIAGE TAX PENALTY

  (Mr. WELLER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WELLER. Mr. Speaker, we have an opportunity this week to focus on 
the people's business. We have an opportunity to adopt what has already

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been nicknamed the 90-10 plan, a double win, a win-win for the 
taxpayers, a plan that sets aside $1.4 trillion for Social Security, 
twice what the President originally asked for, and sets it aside for a 
long-term plan to save Social Security.
  This plan also works to eliminate the marriage tax penalty. I have 
often asked, is it right, is it fair that under our tax code, that a 
married working couple with two incomes pays higher taxes than an 
identical couple that lives together outside of marriage; that they pay 
higher taxes just because they are married?
  We know that is wrong. We have answered that with this 90-10 plan 
that saves Social Security, and of course, the centerpiece is an effort 
which will eliminate the marriage tax penalty for a majority of those 
who suffer.
  Our friends on the other side of the aisle, they talk about the 
Social Security trust fund. Judith Chesser, deputy commissioner of the 
Social Security Administration, when asked in the Committee on Ways and 
Means last week if this tax cut impacts the Social Security trust fund, 
her answer was simple: No.
  Let us pass it. It deserves bipartisan support.

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