L. Paxon: “Our goal is to balance our Nation's budget. Like every family back at home has to do, like every small business has to…”

“Our goal is to balance our Nation's budget. Like every family back at home has to do, like every small business has to do, this Government should do it. But we are going beyond that. We are finding other ways to save money so we can allow families back at home to keep more of theirs. Study after study has indicated that about 50 percent of household income in this country ends up in the pocket of the government at some level, about 38 percent in Federal and State local taxes. I come from New York where that number is even higher. And then you add in the indirect cost of everybody and the goods and services we buy. That means, as the gentleman points out, one income earner in every family has got to be working to provide the government with the dollars. That is just fundamentally wrong. It removes the choice from the families, maybe parents stay home with the child or the vacation they want to take or something else they want to do to enhance the quality of life with their children.”