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