Angus King actually said...

The Federal Government can have an important role in acting as a clearinghouse.

How do you explain to that guy why he is paying almost twice as much taxes as this guy that gets his money out of the mailbox?

We do not want to become a country of gated communities, a country where the rich live behind walls with barbed wire.

I think this is an admission that government cannot do what it is supposed to do.