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Gilbert Gutknecht: Now they may not pay it directly, they may not pay it in direct taxes, but they pay it one way or the other. They pay it…

On the recordApril 8, 1997
Now they may not pay it directly, they may not pay it in direct taxes, but they pay it one way or the other. They pay it in the price they pay for a loaf of bread, when they want to buy a car, when they want to buy something else for the family, when they want to take a vacation. Those taxes are there and they have to be paid. And I wonder if you can tell us--I know you do not have your chart on that, but that is an added burden on every family, and I want to come back to the burden on the family and what it means.
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Gilbert Gutknecht
Republican · Minnesota

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Discussing the impact of national debt on American families during a floor debate.

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