Just wait till Congress has to live under THIS MESS THEY FORCED UPON US!! Oh, Congress will love this part of the bill that they didn’t read and had to pass to see what it meant: The Marriage Penalty. One very peculiar feature of the Senate-passed health care bill, it penalizes marriage!? Under Obamacare, couples would face massive financial penalties if they marry or remain married. And, couples who co-habit without marriage are given highly preferential financial treatment. “I DO” could become I OWE! It could cost couples over $10,000 if the Senate bill becomes law. Why would the Liberals want to penalize marriage and stable families? Yes, most people like us feel that marriage is a beneficial institution that society should encourage and strengthen. Not this administration. Not this president. Why would the Senate healthcare bill take the opposite approach?? This penalty seems to cross all income levels. It overwhelmingly discriminates against married couples by taxing a husband and wife more than to a co-habiting couple with the same income. If the bill is enacted, married couples across America will be taxed to provide discriminatory benefits to couples who cohabit, divorce, or never marry. How does it tax married couples more? The bill’s anti-marriage penalties occur during income counting and benefit structure rules. If a two-earner couple is married, the bill counts their income together; since the combined income will be higher, a married couple’s healthcare subsidies would be lower. The bottom line is that under the bill, co-habiting couples would receive substantially higher healthcare subsidies over married couples - even if the total incomes of both couples are equal. And, worse yet, it Pounds Low-Income Married Couples! Low-income couples are susceptible to the bill’s aggressive wedding taxes. For example, a 60-year-old husband and wife, each with an income of $15,000, would pay over $4,000 per year if they remain married. Why would the government offer an annual windfall of $4,212 if the couple divorces and then co-habits? They can have only one motive that I can see … it’s another Liberal way to take our culture down and NUDGE people to become more and more dependent upon government as THE INSTITUTION of the family! Indefensible.
Posted on: Wed, 02 Oct 2013 14:37:16 +0000
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