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Glenn Grothman: “We penalize people who are married as opposed to people who…”

Featuring: Glenn Grothman, Republican | U.S. House of Representatives, Wisconsin, District 6

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Published | Video Starts at 09:12

Is there anything that you are working on right now that you want? Well, we're still working on the, with the Trump administration, the huge marriage penalties. We give people who are, We penalize people who are married as opposed to people who are single who have children. And I think we should get rid of that. I think we should treat everybody the same. Not trying to encourage or not trying to discourage young couples from getting married. (09:12–09:17)

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Asserts that current policies penalize married people compared to single parents.

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