Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Mr. Soloman, you mentioned this in your opening remarks, and then on that last question you went further in terms of saying that spouses should be seen as a family unit. You talked in your opening statement about sprinkling of income for those who legitimately work in the business and then even for those who don't. I assume you're referring again to the spouse as that unit.
I have two questions.
One, how could you justify building into a system a benefit for married individuals and leaving out single individuals who would not have that benefit?
Two, if you're referring to the idea that a small business owner, for example, works really hard and their spouse might have to take care of the kids or do something in addition to allow that small business owner to do what they do and put in the hours they put in—because I've heard that argument—I would draw the comparison to not only a doctor, but a firefighter or a paramedic who may have to get up in the middle of the night for a greater community service, but doesn't actually have the ability to sprinkle income to, let's say, a family member or a spouse, in order to be able to do the job and to do the things they do in that position.
Could you elaborate on how you would justify spouses being a family unit despite the inequality in that couple of examples that I've provided?