The issue focused on federal spending and tax reform. "If we're going to tax this tax break to pay for tax reform, we should tax it at the same rate as other federal income tax breaks," Schoen said. "There's no reason we should tax this tax break at a lower rate than other income tax breaks."

Rep. Ron Kind (D-Wis.), who spoke at the event, also discussed the tax break in his closing remarks. "This tax break was designed to benefit tax