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Paul Coverdell: “In my opening comments I was talking about an average Georgia family, and I alluded to the fact that virtually half…”

On the recordApril 15, 1996
In my opening comments I was talking about an average Georgia family, and I alluded to the fact that virtually half their income has been absorbed by one government or another. You and the Senator from Tennessee have used the figure 40 percent. I thought we might clarify that a bit. Would the Senator agree that a family's interest payments that are a direct result of our national debt should also be added into what is being taken from them?
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Paul Coverdell
Georgia

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Discussing the financial burden on families due to government income absorption and national debt.

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